Dam (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Dam can refer to:
- DamDamA dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
, a barrier obstructing flowing water - ReservoirReservoirA reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
created by such a barrier (in some English dialects including Australian English) - An animal's motherMotherA mother, mum, mom, momma, or mama is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally...
- Dam of a horse: see MareMareFemale horses are called mares.Mare is the Latin word for "sea".The word may also refer to:-People:* Ahmed Marzooq, also known as Mare, a footballer and Secretary General of Maldives Olympic Committee* Mare Winningham, American actress and singer...
- Dam of a horse: see Mare
Personal names
- Atli Pætursson Dam, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
- Henrik DamHenrik DamHenrik Dam was a Danish biochemist and physiologist.He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 for joint work with Edward Doisy work in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology. Dam's key experiment involved feeding a cholesterol-free diet to chickens...
, Danish biochemist and physiologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 - José van DamJosé van DamJoseph, Baron van Damme , known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone.At the age of 17, he entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance...
, Belgian bass-baritone - Kenneth W. DamKenneth W. DamKenneth W. Dam served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 2001 to 2003, where he specialized in international economic development...
, American lawyer and politician - Laurens ten DamLaurens ten DamLaurens ten Dam is a Dutch road racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Rabobank.A native of the village of Zuidwolde in Groningen, Laurens ten Dam has been racing since 2002 and, by the end of 2005, has risen to world-class ranking among professional racing cyclists.- Palmarès :2006***...
, Dutch road racing cyclist - Peter Mohr DamPeter Mohr DamPeter Mohr Dam was a Faroe Islands politician who was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Javnaðarflokkurin party in 1926.Born on 11 August 1898, in Skopun, Faroe Islands, Dam became a teacher in Tvøroyri. From 1958 to 1963 and from 1967 to 1968 he was the Prime Minister of the Faroe...
, Faroe Islands politician - Rob Van DamRob Van DamRobert Alexander "Rob" Szatkowski , better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam , is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
, American film actor and wrestler - Thomas DamThomas DamThomas Dam was a Danish woodcutter who designed and invented the "Good Luck Troll" which was the forerunner of the troll doll. Dam formed the Dam Things from Denmark to market the dolls.-External links:*...
, inventor of the troll doll - Thanh Xuan DamĐàm Thanh XuânĐàm Thanh Xuân is a Vietnamese swimmer and a martial artist. She is a member of the Vietnamese wushu team and has won several medals including the World Wushu Championships and the Southeast Asian Games.- Medals :...
, Vietnamese swimmer and martial artist
Place names
- Dam, Afghanistan
- Dam, Bhutan
- Dam SquareDam SquareDam Square, or simply the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the most well-known and important locations in the city.- Location and description :...
, a square in Amsterdam - Den DamDen DamDen Dam is an area in northern Antwerp.- Location :Den Dam is located in the northern part of Antwerp. On the north side it is bordered by the Slachthuislaan , by an old disused railroad bedding on the south. It stretches all the way from "de Schijnpoort" in the east to "het Eilandje" on the...
, an area in northern Antwerp, Belgium
Abbreviations and acronyms
- Damascus International AirportDamascus International AirportDamascus International Airport is a public airport located in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Officially opened in the mid 1970s, DAM is Syria's busiest international airport. The airport is experiencing significant annual passenger growth rates...
, IATA code - Database activity monitoringDatabase activity monitoringDatabase activity monitoring is a database security technology for monitoring and analyzing database activity that operates independently of the database management system and does not rely on any form of native auditing or native logs such as trace or transaction logs...
- DecametreDecametreA decametre or dekametre is a very rarely used unit of length in the metric system, equal to ten metres, the SI base unit of length. It can be written in scientific notation as , meaning .This measure is included mostly for completeness...
, abbreviated dam, is 10 metreMetreThe metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s - Delaware Art MuseumDelaware Art MuseumThe Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 works. The museum, was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle and is now celebrating its centennial...
- Denver Art MuseumDenver Art MuseumThe Denver Art Museum is an art museum in Denver, Colorado located in Denver's Civic Center.It is known for its collection of American Indian art,and has a comprehensive collection numbering more than 68,000 works from across the world....
- Destroy All MonstersDestroy All MonstersDestroy All Monsters, released in Japan as , is a 1968 Japanese horror Science fiction Kaiju film. The ninth in Toho Studios' Godzilla series, it was directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa This is the fifth film to feature Mothra, third to feature King Ghidorah, fourth...
, a 1968 Japanese movie - Deutsche Angelgeräte ManufakturDeutsche Angelgeräte ManufakturDeutsche Angelgeräte Manufaktur is a German manufacturer of high quality fishing equipment that included conventional reels, rods, lures. And their flagship Quick worm gear spinning reels which were more expensive to produce but the durability was unprecedented.Highlights of the company's products...
- Diego Armando Maradona
- Digital Asset ManagementDigital asset managementDigital asset management consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets...
- Direct Action Movement
- Download Acquisition Mode
Other
- Dam (methylase)Dam (methylase)DAM methylase is an enzyme that adds a methyl group to the adenine of the sequence 5'-GATC-3' in newly synthesized DNA. Immediately after DNA synthesis, the daughter strand remains unmethylated for a short time....
, DNA adenine methylase - Dam (band)Dam (band)Dam are an English extreme metal band from London, formed in 1997. The band's music, heavily influenced by early-nineties death metal, can be characterised as a fusion of death metal, black metal, and thrash metal, with some hints of progressive rock and heavy metal...
, a British metal band - DAM (band)DAM (band)DAM is a Palestinian hip-hop group. Based in Lod, Israel, DAM was founded in 1999 by brothers Tamar and Suhell Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri, and their songs are largely about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and poverty...
, a Palestinian rap group - Dam (coin)Dam (coin)This article is about coinage. For other uses, see Dam .A Dam was a small Indian copper coin. The coin was first introduced by Sher Shah Suri during his rule of India between 1540 and 1545, along with Mohur, the gold coin and Rupiya the silver coin Later on, the Mughal Emperors standardised the...
, a small Indian coin - Dam, one of the dancers in the Dominican folk dance bélé
- Dental damDental damA dental dam or rubber dam is a rectangular sheet of latex used in dentistry, in particular endodontic therapy, to reduce contamination, and where dental composite are being placed, due to the need for the area to remain dry during filling placement...
- DAMSDAMSDriot-Arnoux Motorsport is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.- History :The year after its foundation,...
, Driot Arnoux Motorsport, a French-based motor-racing team. - WCMGWCMGWCMG is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Latta, South Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.-History:...
, a radio station licensed to Latta, South Carolina, United States which calls itself "94.3 The Dam"