| Revision as of 18:24, 27 January 2005 edit66.13.9.30 (talk) →In business← Previous edit | Revision as of 17:47, 4 February 2005 edit undo203.115.89.199 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit → | ||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
| ==In mythology== | ==In mythology== | ||
| * In ], the ] is a monstrous creature with three heads |
* In ], the ] is a monstrous creature with three heads/ fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon | ||
| ==In music== | ==In music== | ||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
| ==In Art & Design== | ==In Art & Design== | ||
| * In ], Chimera is a very pale purple or lavender colour. It is mainly used when referring to painting. Chimera is made up of a mixture of 2 or more colours. Chimera is known as a base colour. Another base colour is Magnolia which is also a common colour used to paint the walls of houses e.t.c when first built. | * In ], Chimera is a very pale purple or lavender colour. It is mainly used when referring to painting. Chimera is made up of a mixture of 2 or more colours. Chimera is known as a base colour. Another base colour is Magnolia which is also a common colour used to paint the walls of houses e.t.c when first built. | ||
| As a noun, Chimera means a grotesque product of the imagination. | |||
| ==In business== | ==In business== | ||
Revision as of 17:47, 4 February 2005
Chimera can mean the following:
In mythology
- In Greek Mythology, the Chimera is a monstrous creature with three heads/ fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
In music
- In heavy metal music, Chimaira is a heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio.
- In new age or electronica music, Chimera is an album by Delerium.
- In black metal music, Chimera is an album by Mayhem.
In science
- In biology, a chimera is a single animal organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes.
- In botany, a chimera is a single plant organism with genetically distinct cells.
- In genetics, a chimera is a hybrid protein made by splicing two genes.
- In paleontology, a chimera is a fossil with elements from more than one creature, like the Ultrasauros and perhaps the Protoavis.
- In zoology, a chimaera is a group of cartilaginous fishes related to sharks.
- In Computational Fluid Dynamics, a Chimera grid method is a technique to use overlapping non-aligned grids to simplify grid generation.
In Art & Design
- In Art & Design, Chimera is a very pale purple or lavender colour. It is mainly used when referring to painting. Chimera is made up of a mixture of 2 or more colours. Chimera is known as a base colour. Another base colour is Magnolia which is also a common colour used to paint the walls of houses e.t.c when first built.
As a noun, Chimera means a grotesque product of the imagination.
In business
- In the automobile industry, Chimera is a model of sports car made by TVR.
- On the internet, Chimera is the older name of a Mozilla-based web browser for Mac OS X. It is now called Camino.
In fiction
- In literature, Chimera was a 1972 novel by John Barth.
- In the Star Wars universe, Chimaera was an Imperial Star Destroyer.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chimera.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: