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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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  • subdivisible) continuum, but in discrete, particle-like units. He ... states of a physical system could be discrete.) In recognition of this ...
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  • separate poems, each of which exists as a discrete unit. ... chapters (each of which can be seen as a discrete unit) can be tentatively ...
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  • not in confused and concrete persons, but in discrete and distinct ones." On the other hand, Ulfilas also put the "Homoiousians" ...
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  • fact any point between the two central points of a discrete distribution minimizes average absolute deviation. Similarly, the mode minimizes qualitative ...
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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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  • orbitals are the quantum states (or discrete energy states) that electrons ... that we no longer perceive their discrete nature: they form a continuum ...
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  • * Korfhage, Robert R. 1974. Discrete Computational Structures, Academic Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0124208606 * Lambek, J., and P.J. Scott. 1986 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete influences or agents acting together create an effect greater than that predicted by knowing ...
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  • charge. There are other charged particles. The discrete nature of electric charge was proposed by Michael Faraday in his electrolysis experiments, and ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • nature than the individual responses to discrete stimuli. In fact, he believed that we interpret the parts based on our understanding of what ...
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  • There are two types of LED panels: Conventional, using discrete LEDs ... is reduced by 25 percent from the discrete diode screen with the same ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • * 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) ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • seems to have, among many other characteristics, a discrete epistemological methodology, concept of truth, and linguistic expression. ...
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  • of the 'neutron' crust, this happens as discrete events during crust rupture, similar to tectonic earthquakes. After the starquake, the star ...
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  • Earth's crust. It does not occur as a discrete mineral, but gallium replaces aluminum in ores such as bauxite. Gallium hydroxide is amphoteric ...
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