Cobweb
Encyclopedia
Animals
- Cobweb or spider webSpider webA spider web, spiderweb, spider's web or cobweb is a device built by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets....
, silken web made by spiders - Cobweb spider or tangle web spiderTangle web spiderTheridiidae is a large family of spiders, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders. The diverse family includes over 2200 species in over 100 genera) of three-dimensional space-web-builders found throughout the world...
, any of the many spiders in the family Theridiidae - Cobwebbing, a pattern of fine lines on the face of a horse, zebra or other equid: see horse Primitive markings
Literature
- Cobweb, a character in the play A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
by William Shakespeare - Cobweb (comics)Cobweb (comics)The Cobweb is a comic book heroine co-created by famed writer Alan Moore and veteran underground artist Melinda Gebbie. Cobweb's only apparent powers were allure and the ability to make an entrance...
, a comic book heroine - Cobweb, a novel by William Gibson (playwright)William Gibson (playwright)William Gibson was an American playwright and novelist. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1938.He was of Irish, French, German, Dutch and Russian ancestry...
- The Cobweb (novel), a 1996 novel by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George, writing as Stephen Bury
Film
- The Cobweb (film)The Cobweb (film)The Cobweb is a MGM film. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on a novel by William Gibson. It was released on DVD as part of the Warner Archive Collection on January 18, 2011....
, a 1955 film starring Richard Widmark, based on William Gibson's novel
Music
- "Cobweb", a Nepalese Rock Band from 90s
- "Cobwebs", a song by Motionless in WhiteMotionless in WhiteMotionless in White is an American metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2005, the group is known for its dark horror-themed lyrics and physical appearances, that of which heavily correspond to gothic imagery. Motionless in White is currently signed to Fearless Records and have...
- "Cobwebs", a song by The CoralThe CoralThe Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral and follow up Magic and Medicine...
- "Cobwebs", a song by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
- "Cobwebs and Strange", a song by The WhoThe WhoThe Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
Audio drama
- Cobwebs (audio drama), based on TV science fiction drama series Doctor Who
Concepts and diagrams
- Cobweb modelCobweb modelThe cobweb model or cobweb theory is an economic model that explains why prices might be subject to periodic fluctuations in certain types of markets. It describes cyclical supply and demand in a market where the amount produced must be chosen before prices are observed. Producers' expectations...
, an economic model of cyclical supply and demand - Cobweb theory, an alternative to the state-centric approach to international relations
- Cobweb (clustering)Cobweb (clustering)COBWEB is an incremental system for hierarchical conceptual clustering.COBWEB incrementally organizes observations into a classification tree. Each node in a classification tree represents a class and is labeled by a probabilistic concept that summarizes the attribute-value distributions of...
(COBWEB), an incremental system for hierarchical conceptual clustering - Cobweb plotCobweb plotA cobweb plot, or Verhulst diagram is a visual tool used in the dynamical systems field of mathematics to investigate the qualitative behaviour of one dimensional iterated functions, such as the logistic map...
, a visual tool used in the dynamical systems field of mathematics to investigate the qualitative behaviour of one dimensional iterated functions
Technology
- Cobweb BridgeCobweb BridgeThe Cobweb Bridge, also known as Spider Bridge, is located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, near the disused Sheffield Victoria railway station.It was completed in 2002....
or Spider Bridge, a bridge in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England - Cobweb, a gold-medal winning British boat in the 1908 Summer Olympics1908 Summer OlympicsThe 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...