co-regent

(noun)

The situation wherein a monarchical position, normally held by one person, is held by two.

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Examples of co-regent in the following topics:

  • Hatshepsut

    • Hatshepsut ascended to the throne as co-regent with Thutmose III, who came to the throne as a two-year old child.
    • As pharaoh, she faced few challenges, even from her co-regent, who headed up the powerful Egyptian army and could have unseated her, had he chosen to do so.
    • The Tyldesley hypothesis states that Thutmose III may have decided to attempt to scale back Hatshepsut's role to that of regent rather than king.
  • The Middle Kingdom

    • In his 20th regnal year, Amenemhat established his son, Senusret I, as his co-regent.
    • In his 33rd regnal year, he appointed his son, Senusret II, co-regent.
  • Egyptian Art After Alexander the Great

    • This phenomenon was likely due, in part, to the increasing importance of women as rulers and co-regents, as in the case of the series of Cleopatras.
  • Justinian and Theodora

    • When Leo died in 474, Zeno and Ariadne's younger son succeeded to the throne as Leo II, with Zeno as regent.
    • Some sources mention her as empress regnant with Justinian I as her co-regent.
  • The End of Affirmative Action?

    • Critics of multiculturalism often debate whether the multicultural ideal of benignly co-existing cultures that interrelate and influence one another, and yet remain distinct, is sustainable, paradoxical, or even desirable.
    • Since the case of Regents of the University of California v.Bakke in 1978, several Supreme Court cases have revisited questions of affirmative action in higher education.
  • Peter the Great

    • Consequently, the Boyar Duma (a council of Russian nobles) chose 10-year-old Peter to become Tsar with his mother as regent.
    • Sophia acted as regent during the minority of the sovereigns and exercised all power.
    • After a power struggle, in which the Streltsy was forced to shift its loyalty, Sophia was eventually overthrown, with Peter I and Ivan V continuing to act as co-tsars.
    • Although he was named a co-tsar in 1682, at the age of 10, he did not become an independent and sole ruler until 1696.
  • Court Decisions and Civil Rights

    • Murray appealed this rejection to the Board of Regents of the university, but was refused admittance.
    • Thurgood Marshall was the co-counsel for the prosecution in the landmark Murray v.
  • The Emperor Irene

    • Before that, Irene was empress consort from 775 to 780, and empress dowager and regent from 780 to 797.
    • Nevertheless, when Leo died on 8 September 780, Irene became regent for their nine-year-old son Constantine, thereby giving her administrative control over the empire.
    • To overcome this challenge, she had Nikephoros and his co-conspirators ordained as priests, a status which disqualified them from ruling.
  • The Acetyl-CoA Pathway

    • The acetyl-CoA pathway utilizes carbon dioxide as a carbon source and often times, hydrogen as an electron donor to produce acetyl-CoA.
    • Acetyl-CoA synthetase is a class of enzymes that is key to the acetyl-CoA pathway.
    • The acetyl-CoA synthetase functions in combining the carbon monoxide and a methyl group to produce acetyl-CoA. .
    • The ability to utilize the acetyl-CoA pathway is advantageous due to the ability to utilize both hydrogen and carbon dioxide to produce acetyl-CoA.
    • Describe the role of the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and acetyl-CoA synthetase in the acetyl-CoA pathway
  • Trigonometric Limits

    • $\displaystyle{\lim_{x \to 0} \left ( \frac{1}{\cos x} \right ) = \frac{1}{1} = 1}$
    • This equation can be proven with the first limit and the trigonometric identity $1 - \cos^2 x = \sin^2 x$.
    • $\displaystyle{\frac{(1−\cos x)(1+\cos x)}{x(1+\cos x)}=\frac{(1−\cos^2x)}{x(1+\cos x)}=\frac{\sin^2x}{x(1+\cos x)}= \frac{\sin x}{x} \cdot \frac{\sin x}{1+\cos x}}$
    • $\displaystyle{\lim_{x \to 0}\left ( \frac{\sin x}{x} \frac{\sin x}{1 + \cos x} \right ) = \left (\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x}{x} \right ) \left ( \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x}{1 + \cos x} \right ) = \left (1 \right )\left (\frac{0}{2} \right )= 0}$
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