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  • illusory band consists of a series of visibly discrete similar parts, all inclined at the same small angle to the line of direction of the series to which ...
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  • Ten is the second discrete biprime (2.5) and the second member of the (2.q) discrete biprime family. Ten has an aliquot sum σ(n) of 8 and is ...
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  • will likely become smaller and more discrete. We may even see the day ... building block usually packaged in a discrete form with two or more connecting ...
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  • Continents may be defined as "large, continuous, discrete masses ... to the ideal criterion that each be a discrete landmass, separated by water ...
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  • The classical Aristotelian view claims that categories are discrete ... # Quantity. This is the extension of an object, and may be either ...
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  • Fibers (or fibres) form a class of hair-like materials that occur as continuous filaments or in discrete elongated pieces, similar to pieces ...
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  • entities possessed self-enclosed, definable, discrete and enduring reality. For instance, if we examine our own conception of selfhood, we will find that ...
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  • physics) posited that light could exist in discrete particle-like quantities, which later came to be known as photons. Einstein's theory of the ...
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  • the role and function of praxis) into a discrete and coherent whole. In the ... (Li Ji), was relatively unrecognized as a discrete unit until the Neo-Confucian ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • Therefore, magnitudes must increase by discrete units. #039; concluding that magnitudes have discrete intervals. The argument ...
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  • N. (This convention suggests a decaying number of discrete items, an interpretation that is valid in many, but not all, cases of exponential decay.) If ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • trend generally began in the era of discrete transistor mainframes and ... Being digital devices, all CPUs deal with discrete states and therefore ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • *Bohr's model. The theory that electrons travel in discrete ... one, emitting a photon (light quantum) of discrete energy. This explained much ...
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  • The discrete logarithm is a related notion in the theory of finite groups. It involves solving the equation b'n = x, where b and x are elements ...
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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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • modes of the Earth. These modes are excited as discrete frequencies and can be observed for days after the generating event. The first observations ...
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  • (such as planetary nebulae) may be described as discrete objects with identifiable boundaries. Nebulae often contain star-forming regions, as ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • called Discrete Series, a book-length poem sequence. {| class="toccolours ... Poems 1921–31 and Oppen's Discrete Series (with a preface by ...
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  • he found relevant, Meyer never formed his own discrete school of thought with disciples. Though Meyer's own system of nomenclature never caught on ...
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  • electronic circuits were constructed from discrete components that could be ... signal varies according to a series of discrete values that represent the ...
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  • electronic circuits were constructed from discrete components that could be ... of Laplace transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • as electronic switches, but rarely as discrete devices, almost always being ... and signal processing. The first discrete transistor audio amplifiers ...
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  • The discrete analog of curvature, corresponding to curvature being concentrated at a point and particularly useful for polyhedra, is the (angular ...
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  • CPUs were typically made from bulky discrete switching devices (and later ... at much faster clock speeds compared to discrete multiprocessor systems, ...
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  • to human beings. As this doctrine denied full, discrete reality of each "Person" of the Trinity, it was anathematized, leading to Sabellius ...
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  • * Clastic sedimentary rocks are composed of discrete fragments or clasts of materials derived from other rocks. They are composed largely of ...
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  • Semiconductor devices are manufactured as single, discrete devices ... Power semiconductor devices are discrete devices or integrated circuits ...
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  • by describing light as composed of discrete quanta, now called photons ... assuming that light actually consisted of discrete energy packets, Einstein ...
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  • is known as electric current. The discrete nature of electric charge was proposed by Michael Faraday in his electrolysis experiments, then directly ...
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  • that consist of continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. Fibers are of great importance in the biology ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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  • which marks the end of its existence as a discrete and (relatively) circumscribed ... (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ...
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  • the manual assembly of circuits using discrete electronic components. The ... There are two main advantages of ICs over discrete circuits: cost ...
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  • thousand (worldly) things" do not exist as discrete entities (as in dualistic Indo-European thought), but are instead thought of in terms of their ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • reality that is both local and global, discrete and holistic at the same time. ... time, or "spacetime," may be discrete in the mathematical sense ...
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  • book is merely a collection of utterly discrete, unconnected (romantic/erotic ... it is possible to enumerate several discrete episodes within the text ...
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  • the integer factorization problem or the discrete logarithm problem. In many ... Diffie-Hellman and DSA are related to the discrete logarithm problem. More ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Since surfaces are not finite, a discrete digital approximation is ... * Discrete differential geometry--DDG is a recent topic which defines ...
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  • (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world. ... portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering ...
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