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Encyclopedia > Omnibus
Parisian Omnibus, late nineteenth century
Parisian Omnibus, late nineteenth century
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Omnibus is a Latin word meaning "for all, for everyone", the dative plural of omnis, and has several meanings in standard English: Image File history File links Omnibus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16943. ... Image File history File links Omnibus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16943. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

  • Omnibus, (or "omnibus legislation"), a law which covers many different subjects, or has had many unrelated additions tacked onto it.
  • omnibus (account), An investment term for an account between two or more brokers (i.e. futures) which involves the transactions of individual accounts that are combined into one account. This allows for easier management by brokers. It also protects the identities of the individual account holders. This term can also be used when referring to brokerage firms when used as a third-party retailer of mutual fund shares.
  • omnibus (media), a book, video, or movie collecting two or more previous works by the same author, director, theme, or other unifying criterion
  • bus, a vehicle for transporting large numbers of people
  • omnibus (broadcast), a compilation of daily episodes for some programs
  • Omnibus, a song by new wave band, XTC, from the 1992 album, Nonsuch
  • Omnibus (song), a song by trance artist Lautsprecher
  • omnibus (survey), a survey in which data on a wide variety of subjects is collected during the same interview
  • Omnibus (TV series), a BBC television programme
  • Omnibus (US TV series), a series focusing on cultural affairs, broadcast 1952–1961
  • Omnibus, an album by Decemberists singer/songwriter Colin Meloy's first band Tarkio.
  • Omnibus progression, a sequence of chords which effectively divides an octave into 4 equal parts.
  • Omnibus Press, a British publisher of books
  • Omnibus Promotion, an audio and sound effects production company located in Japan
  • Homnibus, a friend of Papa Smurf in the comic and cartoon The Smurfs
  • Omnibus (Marvel Comics) a quality hardcover collection by Marvel Comics.
  • The I/O bus used on certain PDP-8 computers manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • An episode of Ask a Ninja entitled Omnibus featured the Ninja answering as many questions as he can. The episode has two "sequels," Omnideuce and Omnitrois.

For other uses, see Bus (disambiguation). ... In broadcasting an Omnibus (sometimes called an Omnibus edition) is a compliation of daily episodes that is usually broadcast during the following weekend. ... XTC are an influential new wave band from Swindon, England. ... Nonsuch is a 1992 album by XTC. Tracklist Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead My Bird Performs Dear Madam Barnum Humble Daisy Smartest Monkeys Disappointed Holly Up on Poppy Crocodile Rook Omnibus That Wave Then She Appeared War Dance Wrapped in Grey Ugly Underneath Bungalow Books Are Burning Categories: Album stubs | 1992... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... An omnibus survey is a method of quantitative marketing research where data on a wide variety of subjects is collected during the same interview. ... Omnibus is a television series of the BBC. Categories: | ... Omnibus was a commercially-sponsored educational TV series broadcast in the United States, primarily on Sunday afternoons, from November 9, 1952 to 1961. ... Omnibus is a 2006 compilation of songs from the Montana band Tarkio. ... The Decemberists are a five-piece indie pop band from Portland, Oregon, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy . ... Colin Meloy, center, in a promotional photo of his band The Decemberists. ... Tarkio was the former band of Colin Meloy prior to his forming The Decemberists. ... The omnibus progression is a sequence of chords which effectively divides the octave into 4 equal parts. ... Omnibus Press is a British publisher of books, primarily about music. ... Omnibus Promotion ) is a film and anime sound effects production and distribution company established on 1963-08-01 and located in the Sanei-chō district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A PDP-8 on display at the Smithsonians National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.. This example is from the first generation of PDP-8s, built with discrete transistors and later known as the Straight 8. ... The DEC logo Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the computer industry. ... Ask A Ninja opening title screenshot Ask A Ninja is an award-winning[1] series of comedy videos about the image of ninjas in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats. ... Jiraiya, ninja and title character of the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari. ... A sequel is a work of fiction (e. ...

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Omnibus had no plural in Latin, because it was already a plural word. In English, its plural is "omnibuses", not "omnibi", which is a solecism. In linguistic prescriptivism, a solecism is a grammatical or other mistake or absurdity. ...


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Omnibus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (296 words)
omnibus (survey), a survey in which data on a wide variety of subjects is collected during the same interview
Omnibus progression, a sequence of chords which effectively divides an octave into 4 equal parts.
Omnibus spending bill, a bill that sets the budget of many departments of the United States government at once.
Bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1498 words)
The omnibus, the first organized public transit system, may have originated in Nantes, France in 1826, when a retired army officer who had built public baths on the city's edge set up a short stage line between the center of town and his baths.
His new voiture omnibus ("carriage for all") combined the functions of the hired hackney carriage with the stagecoach that travelled a predetermined route from inn to inn, carrying passengers and mail.
His omnibus featured wooden benches that ran down the sides of the vehicle; entry was from the rear.
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