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- Supreme strategist — The great supreme military commander, generalissimo, or leader of absolute strategic importance at the head of allied or large-scale armies in antiquity; also utilized symbolically in Christian theology as an alternative form for 'arhistratig' to denote a commander of the heavenly hosts. The word suggests absolute military genius, supreme tactical planning capacity, and unquestionable hierarchical authority on the battlefield.
- Aristotle — Aristotle of Stagira (384–322 BCE), one of the most significant philosophers and scientists of Ancient Greece, a disciple of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great. Founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school, his encyclopedic body of work laid the foundations for formal logic, ethics, politics, metaphysics, rhetoric, and biology, exerting a massive influence on medieval Christian, Islamic thought, and the entirety of Western culture.
- Aristotle — An onomastic variant or regional/archaic linguistic form used to denote Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers of Ancient Greece, a disciple of Plato and mentor to Alexander the Great. A systemic thinker, he founded the Lyceum in Athens and laid the formal foundations of logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and biology, with his structural work deeply influencing Western and medieval Islamic culture.
- Assassination — A crime consisting of the premeditated murder of a person, viewed as a completed act; a homicide of exceptional gravity often committed through betrayal, ambush, or contract. As a participle, it describes the state of the victim whose life was violently and intentionally ended, being widely used in criminal law, historical chronicles, and journalism.
- Assassins — The plural form of the noun assassin; individuals who commit premeditated murders or execute violent attacks, often for hire or out of political or financial motives. Historically, the term refers to members of a militant secret Shia sect in the Middle East (11th-13th centuries), renowned for their strategic and fanatical attacks against contemporary leaders.
- Ascocarp — The fruiting body characteristic of fungi belonging to the phylum Ascomycota, inside of which the asci containing ascospores are formed. This reproductive structure exhibits various forms (cleistothecium, perithecium, apothecium) and plays an essential role in the fungal life cycle, ensuring the protection and efficient dissemination of spores into the surrounding environment.
- Ataman — A title granted to the supreme military and political leader of a Cossack community or, in a broader sense, the chieftain of a band of armed men or outlaw group. In the historical administrative layout of Eastern Europe, the ataman held dictatorial powers during wartime, being elected by vote in the general Cossack assembly, called rada.
- Consolidation — An archaic, regional, or old legal form describing the act of gathering, uniting, or grouping together several elements, assets, or agricultural lands (an early form of consolidation or structural association of rural properties). It can also refer to a assembly or compact grouping of people or military troops gathered at a determined point.
- Audio chess — A digital system, software application, or game variant designed to allow chess matches to be played through sound commands and speech synthesis, primarily used to make the sport accessible to blind or visually impaired individuals. Moves are announced aloud using standardized coordinates, removing the need for visual interaction.
- Scale model car — A small-scale model of an automobile, equipped or not with a functional engine (electric or internal combustion) and a radio control system, used for recreational, competitive, or educational purposes. In automotive design engineering, the term also defines the small-scale experimental prototype used in wind tunnels to test drag and fluid dynamics before mass production.
- Car modelling — A hobby, technical-applied discipline, or technical sport consisting of designing, building, assembling, and racing miniature cars (model cars), whether they are static collectible scales or radio-controlled vehicles propelled by electric or internal combustion engines. Officially, the activity is organized in championships structured by competition classes, testing both the driving skills of the competitors and their knowledge of mechanics, electronics, and aerodynamics.