Talos (disambiguation)
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Talos
was a giant bronze automaton in Greek mythology.
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Talos
In Greek mythology, Talos or Talon was a giant man of bronze who protected Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders by circling the island's shores three times daily while guarding it.- History :...
was a giant bronze automaton in Greek mythology.
Talos may also refer to:
- Talos (inventor)Talos (inventor)Talos, is probably Perdix and nephew of Daedalus, invented the saw after seeing a fish's jawbone. Daedalus was so jealous of the invention that he tried to murder him, but Athena intervened and turned Talos/Peridix into a partridge to save his life...
, a mythological Greek inventor. - RIM-8 TalosRIM-8 TalosThe Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile, and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. The Talos used radar beam riding for guidance to the vicinity of its target, and semiactive radar homing for terminal guidance...
, a U.S. Navy surface-to-air missile - TalOSTalosIn Greek mythology, Talos or Talon was a giant man of bronze who protected Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders by circling the island's shores three times daily while guarding it.- History :...
, an operating system once developed by the defunct company Taligent - Talos RecordsTalos RecordsTalos Records was created in 1958 in Augusta, Georgia by Charles Douglas and then governor of Georgia, Carl Sanders, was a grand experiment to capture the sounds of the many bands and individuals in the Augusta area...
, a record label - Talos DomeTalos DomeTalos Dome is a large ice dome rising to 2,300 m to the southwest of the Usarp Mountains. The dome overlies the east margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin...
, an ice plateau in north Victoria Land, East Antarctica. - The software tool used in NMR spectroscopyNMR spectroscopyNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, most commonly known as NMR spectroscopy, is a research technique that exploits the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei to determine physical and chemical properties of atoms or the molecules in which they are contained...
to determine Protein structureProtein structureProteins are an important class of biological macromolecules present in all organisms. Proteins are polymers of amino acids. Classified by their physical size, proteins are nanoparticles . Each protein polymer – also known as a polypeptide – consists of a sequence formed from 20 possible L-α-amino...
. TALOS: Torsion Angle Likelihood Obtained from Shift and sequence similarity. In 2009 it was superseded by TALOS+. - Talos (genus), a troodontid dinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
from the Late CretaceousLate CretaceousThe Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
of UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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- The star orbited by the planet Talos IV in the fictional Star Trek universe.
- Talos the Triple Iron Golem, an automaton found in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, based on the automaton of legend.
- Talos (Forgotten Realms), a fictional god of storms and chaos in the Forgotten RealmsForgotten RealmsThe Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...
campaign settingCampaign settingA campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign. A campaign is a series of individual adventures, and a campaign setting is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place...
for the Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
roleplaying game. - Tiber Septim (originally named Talos Stormcrown), a mythic hero and the first emperor in the Third Era in The Elder Scrolls fantasy series
- Talos (comics), a fictional comic bookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
character who has opposed the Hulk and other Marvel Comics characters - Tale of the MummyTale of the MummyTale of the Mummy is a 1998 British-American horror film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, starring Jason Scott Lee, Jack Davenport, Louise Lombard and Christopher Lee.-Plot:...
, a 1998 horror film also known as Talos the Mummy. - Dora Talos, a mecha piloted by the character Kai in Kyouryuu Sentai ZyurangerKyouryuu Sentai ZyuRangeris a Japanese tokusatsu television series and the sixteenth installment in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of superhero programs. Produced by Toei and Bandai, it aired on TV Asahi from February 21, 1992 to February 12, 1993, with a total of 50 episodes...
- Talos, stands for Tyrant Armored Lethal Organic System, a fictional bio-organic weapon featured in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
- Talos, a giant, armored guardian appears twice in the game Castlevania: Harmony of DissonanceCastlevania: Harmony of DissonanceCastlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, known in Japan as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Advance. Belonging to Konami's Castlevania video game series, it is the second installment of the series on the Game Boy Advance...
, once in the intro, where he chases after the protagonist, and then in the later part of the game as a boss. - Talos (Freedom City), an updated version of the mythical being, used as a supervillainSupervillainA supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books, action movies and science fiction in various media.They are sometimes used as foils to superheroes and other fictional heroes...
in the Freedom CityFreedom CityFreedom City is a fictional, city-based campaign setting for the roleplaying game Mutants & Masterminds. It was designed by Steve Kenson, whose design philosophy for the setting seems based-on and in honor of several classic comic book icons and concepts.-Campaign history:Set somewhere on the east...
sourcebook for the comics-based RPGRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
Mutants & Masterminds. - A minor character in the Space 1999 episode The Last EnemyThe Last Enemy (Space: 1999 )"The Last Enemy" is the eighteenth episode of the first series of Space: 1999. The screenplay was written by Bob Kellett ; the director was Bob Kellett. Previous titles include 'The Second Sex' and 'The Other Enemy'. The final shooting script is dated 25 October 1974...
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