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  • related concepts in different areas of geometry. Intuitively, curvature ... depends on the embedding, for instance, a cylinder and a plane are locally ...
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  • In analytic geometry, a sphere with center (x0, y0, z0) and radius ... The circumscribed cylinder for a given sphere has a volume which is ...
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  • often referred to as the "father of geometry." His most popular ... Although best-known for its exposition of geometry, the Elements also ...
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  • lost works such as Eudemus' History of Geometry. == Life == I of Archimedes' On the sphere and cylinder to him. Ammonius devoted ...
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  • about 4:1 design pressure ratio, variable geometry is often used to improve ... or compress liquids and gases. The vane geometry may be involute, archimedean ...
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  • graphical user interface (GUI) with NURBS geometry and/or boundary representation ... to edit parametric and non-parametric geometry without the need to understand ...
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  • In zoology, a horn is one of a pair of hard, pointed, often permanent projections on the head of various hoofed mammals (ungulates) consisting ...
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  • their interiors. Using only ancient Greek geometry, he also gave the equilibrium ... to devote himself to the study of pure geometry and pursued it without regard ...
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  • A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. Its top and bottom are circular ...
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  • to the Subaru 1500) was powered by a four-cylinder engine and had a front-wheel ... with the controversially styled six-cylinder Subaru Alcyone SVX (1992 ...
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  • fused microtubules) arranged in a hollow cylinder. Centrioles are found in ... an instructive role in defining cell geometry]. PLoS Biol 5(6): e149. ...
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  • number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy ... #039;s axioms were the only way to make geometry consistent and non-contradictory ...
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  • === Geometry and trigonometry === Hipparchus is recognised as the first ... developed and used the theorem in plane geometry called Ptolemy's theorem ...
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  • The Track T-800CDI uses a 800 cubic centimeter (cc) three-cylinder ... used idea on "thumpers" (single-cylinder four-strokes) that usually ...
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  • spring - a spring (made by winding a wire around a cylinder) and the conical spring - these are types of torsion spring, because the wire itself is twisted ...
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  • increased heat and expansion in the cylinder which increases pressure ... to start because the cold metal of the cylinder block and head draw out ...
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  • A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, porcelain, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for ...
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  • intended use. Of the tests listed below, cylinder expansion and air-blast ... * Cylinder expansion test. A standard amount of explosive is loaded ...
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  • type of gear. Their general form is a cylinder or disk (a disk is just ... Racks also feature in the theory of gear geometry, where, for instance, the ...
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  • Herring is the common name for any of the various fish comprising the Clupeiformes family Clupeidae, a large family that includes many of the ...
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