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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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  • to 21 meters (70 feet) and a mass up to 35 metric tons (40 short tons, with ... did not have a diaphragm, the dead-space volume (the amount of unused ...
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  • two or three key shifts may occur in the space of a single bar, each phrase ... of the twentieth and twenty-first century. Metric modulation (known also as ...
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  • of quasars was not due to the expansion of space but rather to light escaping ... high resolution imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope and the 10 m Keck ...
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  • results from those masses warping nearby space and time. As it is often ... of black holes; these are regions of space where gravitational attraction ...
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  • One can create one's own average metric using generalized f-mean: ... from which we want to remove noise, or in space, as in pixels in an image ...
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  • half-life and is not useful for long-term space missions. ... uranium ores at about 100 micrograms per metric ton (1:1010). Its natural ...
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  • In cosmology, the Steady State theory (also known as the Infinite Universe theory or continuous creation) is a model developed in 1948 by Fred ...
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  • In the SI (metric) system, it is measured in meters per second (m/s). ... *Space shuttle on re-entry = 7,777.778 m/s; 28,000 km/h; 17,500 mph. ...
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  • A space elevator is a proposed structure intended to transport material ... between Earth and the counterweight in space, like a guitar string held ...
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  • of its material would weigh 100 million metric tons (100 Gg, 100×109 kg ... of State and Structure. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. New York: ...
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  • \epsilon_0 \ is the permittivity of free space. In simple terms, the fine ... changed so that the values they have in metric (or any other) units were ...
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  • (1873). Verne was noted for writing about space, air, and underwater travel ... translators also had trouble with the metric system that Verne used, sometimes ...
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  • A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter ... measured in units of torr, even in metric contexts. Lower pressures ...
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  • Planet and Satellite seems suspended in space, without any support; performing ... Planetarium popularity got a worldwide boost by the Space Race of ...
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  • only 85 stories of commercial and office space (2,158,000 square feet), ... States, and as a result much of its office space went unrented in the beginning ...
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  • reduce drag as they swim. There is a small space between the two dorsal fins ... recommended a global quota of 15,000 metric tons (15,000 long tons; 17 ...
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  • slowly becomes thinner and fades away into outer space. ... any appreciable extent, escape into outer space. The main gases in the exosphere ...
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  • including open air, underwater, and in space. Regardless of location, ... India, erected about 310 and weighing 5.4 metric tons. ...
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  • In outer space, hexagonal crystalline ice, the predominant form on ... Each such structure was a large underground space (up to 5000 m³) that had ...
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  • of carriage roads, and the central space, called Andohalo, was enhanced with walks, terraces, flower-beds, and trees. Water, previously obtained ...
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  • even so as to exclude all drafts. The space between bed and wall was ... *A bunk is a bed used in a confined space. *A bunk bed is two or more ...
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  • with a total weight of 79 short tons (72 metric tons). The tomb was completed ... *The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial was dedicated on May 20, 1986 ...
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  • Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space ... heat is removed from a low-temperature space or source and rejected to ...
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  • The cab is an enclosed space where the driver is seated. A sleeper ... Europe, the U.S. and Japan, over 16 metric tons GVW in 2005.[http://www ...
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  • 300px|thumb|right|The lake as seen from space, looking west, with other ... catch from Lake Victoria is about 750,000 metric tons, generating more than ...
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  • reasons for the move were a lack of space for expansion in Almaty, ... It handled 834,299 passengers and 2587 metric tons of cargo in 2006. ...
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  • the war, he successfully planned the U.S. space program from the first satellite ... for astronomy and the realm of outer space. When, as a result of the ...
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  • *Bahiyyih Maroon, “Leisure Space: Thematic Style and Cultural Exclusion in Casablanca,” 137-151. in Scott A. Lukas, The themed space: locating ...
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  • by 32 meter), 60,000 US long tons (61,000 metric metric tons) self-unloader ... recorded in 1889 and 1899 at some 67,000 metric tons (147 million pounds ...
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  • and research institutions, and the Johnson Space Center, where the NASA's ... Center (renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973), which created ...
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