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  • A spatial point is a concept used to define an exact location in space ... measure of value. In two dimensional space, a point is represented by ...
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  • The metric system was officially adopted in France after the French ... the world. Some of these systems were metric system variations while others ...
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  • the set of all points in three-dimensional space (R3) which are at distance ... More generally, in a metric space (E, d), the sphere of center x and radius ...
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  • a metric. Together with the set, it makes up a metric space. ... this distance makes a collection of sets a metric space. ...
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  • is defined for objects embedded in another space (usually a Euclidean space ... a plane and the curvature of a surface in Euclidean space. ...
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  • of an object (or collection of objects) in space is roughly defined as the ... a third dimension to two-dimensional (2D) space or a fourth dimension to ...
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  • in complex analysis. The era of the space-filling curves finally provoked ... If X is a metric space with metric d, then we can define the length ...
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  • A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to ... have allowed astronauts to live in space for periods of weeks or months ...
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  • gauge pressure of 220 kPa." Where space is limited, such as on pressure ... particular direction associated with it in space. When the fluid meets a solid ...
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  • land area is measured in acres and floor space in square feet, particularly ... The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement based on ...
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  • Special relativity is a fundamental physics theory about space and ... existence of certain interrelations between space and time, which were considered ...
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  • form of energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the ... constant, a constant energy density filling space homogeneously, ...
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  • for a homogeneous, isotropic expanding space. Although concepts underlying ... transformation that occurs in an expanding space. Light traveling through ...
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  • In classical physics, space and time are assumed to be quite different ... The basic property of spacetime is 'the metric' that describes ...
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  • sea level and weigh 100,000 to 200,000 metric tons (about 110,000-220,000 ... mass was estimated at around 3,000,000,000 metric tons. It broke apart in November ...
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  • Antioch, who regarded it as the interval or space between the intersecting ... This allows one to define angles in any real inner product space, ...
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  • For factors which vary randomly over space (tree to tree or stand to ... may be separated significantly in time and space. These collection challenges ...
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  • troughs). It is generally measured on the metric scale (in meters, centimeters ... the wave's amplitude propagate through space. Group velocity is given ...
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  • Copernican principle), this suggests that space itself is expanding. The ... .31.1991F/abstract On the Curvature of Space] General Relativity and Gravitation ...
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  • A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space in a regular ... troughs). It is generally measured on the metric scale (in meters, centimeters ...
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