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- the beta decay spectrum was continuous rather than discrete. That is, electrons were ejected from the atom with a range of energies, rather than the discrete ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- by beta decay had a continuous rather than discrete spectrum. This was in apparent contradiction to the law of conservation of energy, as it appeared ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- modes of the Earth. These modes are excited as discrete frequencies and can be observed for days after the generating event. The first observations ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 17:46, 25 January 2023
- (such as planetary nebulae) may be described as discrete objects with identifiable boundaries. Nebulae often contain star-forming regions, as ...9 KB (1,435 words) - 16:07, 11 November 2022
- Function. In Number Theory, Trace Formulas and Discrete Groups. Symposium in honor of Atle Selberg, Oslo, Norway, July 14-21, 1987. Edited by Atle Selberg ...8 KB (1,143 words) - 04:50, 23 March 2024
- called Discrete Series, a book-length poem sequence. {| class="toccolours ... Poems 1921–31 and Oppen's Discrete Series (with a preface by ...24 KB (3,660 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2022
- he found relevant, Meyer never formed his own discrete school of thought with disciples. Though Meyer's own system of nomenclature never caught on ...9 KB (1,247 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- electronic circuits were constructed from discrete components that could be ... signal varies according to a series of discrete values that represent the ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- electronic circuits were constructed from discrete components that could be ... of Laplace transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- model of EM radiation, a wave consists of discrete packets of energy, or quanta ... energy levels of electrons in atoms are discrete, each element emits and ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- as electronic switches, but rarely as discrete devices, almost always being ... and signal processing. The first discrete transistor audio amplifiers ...30 KB (4,329 words) - 02:07, 2 May 2023
- The discrete analog of curvature, corresponding to curvature being concentrated at a point and particularly useful for polyhedra, is the (angular ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- CPUs were typically made from bulky discrete switching devices (and later ... at much faster clock speeds compared to discrete multiprocessor systems, ...25 KB (3,612 words) - 17:30, 9 November 2022
- to human beings. As this doctrine denied full, discrete reality of each "Person" of the Trinity, it was anathematized, leading to Sabellius ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 18:31, 22 December 2022
- * Clastic sedimentary rocks are composed of discrete fragments or clasts of materials derived from other rocks. They are composed largely of ...11 KB (1,524 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- Semiconductor devices are manufactured as single, discrete devices ... Power semiconductor devices are discrete devices or integrated circuits ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- by describing light as composed of discrete quanta, now called photons ... assuming that light actually consisted of discrete energy packets, Einstein ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- is known as electric current. The discrete nature of electric charge was proposed by Michael Faraday in his electrolysis experiments, then directly ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- that consist of continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. Fibers are of great importance in the biology ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- which marks the end of its existence as a discrete and (relatively) circumscribed ... (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ...27 KB (4,192 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- the manual assembly of circuits using discrete electronic components. The ... There are two main advantages of ICs over discrete circuits: cost ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- thousand (worldly) things" do not exist as discrete entities (as in dualistic Indo-European thought), but are instead thought of in terms of their ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- is wider because it is split into about 275 discrete falls and large islands, Victoria is the largest curtain of water in the world, at over a 1600 ...10 KB (1,592 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- reality that is both local and global, discrete and holistic at the same time. ... time, or "spacetime," may be discrete in the mathematical sense ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- book is merely a collection of utterly discrete, unconnected (romantic/erotic ... it is possible to enumerate several discrete episodes within the text ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- the integer factorization problem or the discrete logarithm problem. In many ... Diffie-Hellman and DSA are related to the discrete logarithm problem. More ...47 KB (6,889 words) - 06:31, 11 January 2024
- action come in quanta, that is, in discrete units. While one can detect an integral number of quanta, one cannot detect one half or two thirds ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- Since surfaces are not finite, a discrete digital approximation is ... * Discrete differential geometry--DDG is a recent topic which defines ...34 KB (4,961 words) - 02:33, 8 January 2024
- (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- subdivisible) continuum, but in discrete, particle-like units. He ... states of a physical system could be discrete.) In recognition of this ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- separate poems, each of which exists as a discrete unit. ... chapters (each of which can be seen as a discrete unit) can be tentatively ...22 KB (3,444 words) - 00:22, 19 November 2023
- not in confused and concrete persons, but in discrete and distinct ones." On the other hand, Ulfilas also put the "Homoiousians" ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- fact any point between the two central points of a discrete distribution minimizes average absolute deviation. Similarly, the mode minimizes qualitative ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- which marks the end of its existence as a discrete and (relatively) circumscribed ... (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- orbitals are the quantum states (or discrete energy states) that electrons ... that we no longer perceive their discrete nature: they form a continuum ...33 KB (5,193 words) - 01:09, 18 November 2022
- * Korfhage, Robert R. 1974. Discrete Computational Structures, Academic Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0124208606 * Lambek, J., and P.J. Scott. 1986 ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 00:23, 2 December 2022
- a signal (usually an analog signal) by a discrete set of its points or samples ... of time. However, digital signals are discrete in both of those respects ...28 KB (4,011 words) - 14:37, 29 January 2024
- animism tends to view life as taking the form of discrete spirits, and panpsychism tends to refer to strictly philosophical views like that of Gottfried ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete influences or agents acting together create an effect greater than that predicted by knowing ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- charge. There are other charged particles. The discrete nature of electric charge was proposed by Michael Faraday in his electrolysis experiments, and ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- Localized pressure sources are usually discrete objects, such as the finger pressing on the wall, or the tires of a car pressed against the pavement ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- nature than the individual responses to discrete stimuli. In fact, he believed that we interpret the parts based on our understanding of what ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 23:20, 17 May 2023
- There are two types of LED panels: Conventional, using discrete LEDs ... is reduced by 25 percent from the discrete diode screen with the same ...41 KB (6,290 words) - 01:16, 26 October 2022
- nerves. Although the neuron is considered a discrete unit, the output of the nervous system is produced by the connectivity of neurons (that is, the ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- * a 0-sphere is a pair of points with the discrete topology * a 1-sphere is a circle (up to homeomorphism); thus, for example, (the image of) ...17 KB (2,835 words) - 21:37, 7 February 2023
- contexts. By separating a site into basic, discrete units, archaeologists are able to create a chronology for activity on a site and not only describe ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 17:39, 16 August 2023
- seems to have, among many other characteristics, a discrete epistemological methodology, concept of truth, and linguistic expression. ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- of the 'neutron' crust, this happens as discrete events during crust rupture, similar to tectonic earthquakes. After the starquake, the star ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- Earth's crust. It does not occur as a discrete mineral, but gallium replaces aluminum in ores such as bauxite. Gallium hydroxide is amphoteric ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- gives a completely different topology, the "discrete topology"; with this definition numbers cannot be arbitrarily close. ...18 KB (2,703 words) - 15:29, 29 January 2024
- Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide historical time into discrete named blocks. This is usually done in order to facilitate ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- these laws to whole plants, unit operations or discrete parts of equipment. In doing so, chemical engineers use principles of thermodynamics, reaction ...15 KB (2,143 words) - 14:40, 5 December 2023
- out of vacuum tube triodes, and later out of discrete transistors, were used for smaller and faster memories such as registers and (random access ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- staff). Most ILS separate software functions into discrete programs called modules, which are then integrated into a unified interface. Examples of modules ...16 KB (2,219 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- Active transcription units are clustered in the nucleus, in discrete sites called “transcription factories.” Such sites could be visualized ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 17:57, 4 November 2022
- provided definitive evidence that neurons are discrete cells that communicate with each other via specialized junctions, or spaces, between cells. His ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 03:22, 23 December 2022
- fungi, and protists, while unable to ingest discrete lumps of matter, instead live by absorbing and metabolizing on a molecular scale. Scavengers are ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 08:55, 15 January 2023
- Ethology emerged as a discrete discipline in the 1920s, through the efforts of Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch, and Niko Tinbergen, who were jointly ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- that of other early humanists after him, as a discrete period distinct from our "Modern" age, has endured, and the term still finds use ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- use computer simulation, especially discrete event simulation, for system analysis and evaluation. == Areas of expertise == Ever since its creation ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- and darkest parts of an image, measured in discrete steps at any given moment. Generally, the higher the contrast ratio, the more realistic the image ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 20:45, 9 April 2023
- tends to treat philosophy in terms of discrete problems, capable of being analyzed apart from their historical origins (much as scientists consider ...19 KB (2,642 words) - 02:47, 8 January 2024
- is quantized (that is, it comes in discrete amounts). With that, he began developing the modern concept of the photon as the fundamental unit ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- and discontinuous in structure, made up of discrete atoms. The cosmos and its components acted independently with characteristics of living creatures ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 13:28, 15 December 2022
- of a corporeal know-how that occurs through discrete, syntactic processes. Moreover, through the publication in 1991 of The Embodied Mind (by Francisco ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 00:45, 9 November 2022
- imager (analog) waveform output into a discrete digital-video signal. The ... by Ampex based on the D1 format. It used discrete cosine transform as its ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- in the formation of large, fairly discrete nodules in the periurethral region of the prostate. When sufficiently large, the nodules compress ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 08:14, 2 December 2022
- phases can be continuous instead of having a discrete boundary. In this case the matter is considered to be in a supercritical state. When three phases ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- library. They can be highly specialized, serving a discrete user group with a restricted collection area. In an increasingly global and virtual workplace ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- Osteoclasts mature and/or migrate to discrete bone surfaces. Upon arrival, active enzymes, such as tartrate resistant acid phosphatase, are ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- The Kübler-Ross model describes, in five discrete stages, the process by which people deal with grief and tragedy. Terminally ill patients are ...18 KB (2,757 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- forms of education stress the value of acquiring a discrete set of skills and knowledge and to check each student’s progress through annual testing. ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 23:07, 30 November 2022
- moving forward or backward were finite, discrete and distinguishable. Only ... must be able to be realized in some discrete mechanical form. ...35 KB (5,278 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- formalism that describes a task in discrete, "mechanical" terms. Unique to this concept of formalized algorithms is the "assignment ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- efforts they represent are not understood as discrete entities, but are instead seen as mutually contingent "lenses" whose cumulative effect ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- " and if the castes are morphologically discrete, then the system is "highly eusocial." Paper wasps exhibit primative eusociality. About ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
- the "It" refers to entities as discrete objects drawn from a defined set (for example, he, she, or any other objective entity defined ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- Clastic sedimentary rocks are composed of discrete fragments or "clasts" of materials derived from other rocks. They are composed largely ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- soft and resinous. Each ovuliferous scale remains discrete, so the cone develops into a short stem with one to a few berry-like seeds. They are probably ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
- *Pleural plaques--discrete fibrous or partially calcified thickened area which can be seen on X-rays of individuals exposed to asbestos. They ...20 KB (2,941 words) - 18:08, 16 August 2023
- the information is encoded as a set of discrete values (for example, 1s ... digital (information is encoded as a set of discrete values). ...40 KB (5,781 words) - 02:52, 19 April 2023
- that the gods dwelt apart from humans in a discrete, heavenly realm was in common currency among the skalds and mythographers of Norse society, the ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- Indeed, the two depictions are seen as sufficiently discrete that ... (1600-1867), they became recognized as a discrete literary literary form, ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- objects are continuous. It is contrasted by discrete mechanics. *Fluid Mechanics, the study of how liquids and gases (fluids) react to forces ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- worker in the performance of that worker's discrete task." # Divide work nearly equally between managers and workers, so that the managers ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- of organisms of "like kind" into discrete and stable units has been traced at least from the time of Plato and Aristotle. Nonetheless ...23 KB (3,511 words) - 17:36, 14 October 2022
- were developed to describe the motion of discrete systems, were then extended to continuous systems and in this form can be used to define vector ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 10:47, 12 May 2023
- This ROM was programmed by installing discrete semiconductor diodes at selected locations between a matrix of word line traces and bit line ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- Discrete damage to the brain, especially to parts of the interior surface of the temporal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres, can also cause profound ...23 KB (3,498 words) - 17:16, 26 July 2023
- #039; inactivity continuum. They are discrete features being adopted by diverse species of organisms under different types of environmental conditions ...21 KB (3,263 words) - 09:30, 15 January 2023
- they are a store of value, issued in discrete units; they are controlled by a central issuing authority; and they have varying rates of exchange ...23 KB (3,579 words) - 06:47, 12 January 2024
- (1949), the government defined the Yao as a discrete nationality. Beginning with the establishment of the Longsheng Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- force. Though its various exponents addressed discrete elements of the Dao, their common focus is what permitted later systematizers (such as Sima ...21 KB (3,367 words) - 19:34, 7 July 2023
- texts, instead of a large pleroma, there is a discrete division between light and darkness. The ruler of darkness is called Ptahil (similar to the ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- J.G. Bolton, G.J. Stanley, and O.B. Slee, Positions of three discrete sources of Galactic radio frequency radiation, Nature 164: 101. ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- wasps), and if the castes are morphologically discrete, then the system is "highly eusocial." [[Image:Hoverfly on flower-2.jpg|250px ...24 KB (3,674 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- *Lumpectomy - a common surgical procedure designed to remove a discrete lump (usually a tumour, benign or otherwise) from an affected man or ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 23:38, 18 September 2021
- In practice, the discrete component sold as a "resistor" is not a perfect resistance, as defined above. Resistors are often marked ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- when constructing with simple logic gates and discrete components. ====State machines and software==== A finite state machine or software running ...28 KB (4,495 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
