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  • per unit area at a point in the flow field. It is a vector quantity, whose direction is (roughly speaking) along the axis of the swirl. Also in fluid ...
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  • power equally (calculated by the Poynting vector) in all directions. In practice, an isotropic antenna cannot exist, because equal radiation ...
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  • boundary. The first two numbers come from the unit vector that specifies a rotation axis. The third number designates the angle of rotation of the grain ...
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  • The sense of slip is a vector, which can be qualitatively measured by fault bend folding, that is, drag folding of strata on either side of the ...
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  • part, and the remaining three as the 'vector' part. ... vociferously opposed the growing fields of vector algebra and vector calculus ...
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  • covered is not. Moreover, displacement is a vector quantity, containing both magnitude and direction. By contrast, distance is a scalar quantity, expressing ...
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  • The term "curve" is more common in vector calculus and differential geometry. ==History== A curve may be a locus, or a path. That is ...
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  • of gauss (G), where 1T = 10,000G. The vector field \mathbf{H} is measured ... === Vector fields === A magnetic field belongs mathematically to the ...
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  • important measure for prevention of these vector-borne diseases. DEET is one ... not considered to be at risk of serious vector-borne diseases. ...
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  • after modeling is complete. For 2D vector animations, the rendering ... Computer animation combines Vector graphics with programmed movement ...
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  • , where h represents the altitude h as a vector. The area of triangle ABC is half of this, or S = ½|AB × AC|. The area of triangle ABC can ...
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  • coordinate system. It is defined as the vector r from O to the particle ... West. Velocities are directly additive as vector quantities; they must be ...
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  • epidemic, common-vehicle epidemic, and vector-borne epidemic. The point ... . A vector-borne epidemic is one spread by insect or other animal ...
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  • photons of the electromagnetic force, and the vector bosons of the weak force. In contrast, the electron can couple with photons and vector bosons, while ...
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  • Current CAD software packages range from two-dimensional (2D) vector-based drafting systems to three-dimensional (3D) solid and surface modelers ...
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  • to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking assassin ... focused on eliminating the triatomine vector and preventing transmission ...
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  • The blacklegged or deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) is a major vector ... * Fivaz, B., T. Petney, and I. Horak. 1993. Tick Vector Biology: Medical ...
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  • the scalar I\, is its moment of inertia, the vector \boldsymbol\omega is its angular velocity, and the vector \boldsymbol\alpha is its angular ...
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  • vectors, with the genus Anopheles the principle vector of malaria, Aedes aegypti the main vector of yellow fever and dengue, and other Aedes spp. carrying ...
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  • tensions in each line are still equal, but now the vector sum of all forces is zero. A second basic equation for the pulley follows from the conservation ...
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  • 2D computer graphics started in the 1950s, based on vector graphics ... 2D graphics models may combine geometric models (also called vector ...
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  • differ in severity, as well as the insect vector and bacterial species (Longe ... The arthropod vector of epidemic typhus flourishes under conditions ...
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  • One of the basic theorems of vector algebra is that the length of ... they are written using 4-component vector like quantities called 4 ...
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  • fractal and the Lyapunov fractal. The 2d vector fields that are generated ... Image:PentagramFractal.PNG|Fractal pentagram drawn with a vector iteration ...
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  • Graphical displays for early computers used vector monitors, a type ... mask, and the system reverted to regular vector behavior. ...
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  • Basidiomycota is a major division (or phyla) of the kingdom Fungi, whose members typically are characterized by the presence of a basidium, a ...
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  • Mechanics (from the Greek term Μηχανική ) is a branch of physics involving study of the movement of physical bodies when subjected to ...
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  • of more than one space dimension, wavenumber is a vector quantity. == See also == * Electromagnetic spectrum * Electronics * Wave * Wavelength ...
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  • SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) vector processors began to appear ... As the name implies, vector processors deal with multiple pieces of ...
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  • :\vec v \, is the velocity vector of the particle :\vec B \, is the magnetic field Because this is a cross product, the force is perpendicular ...
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  • Vector Vasn, [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/294616/controversy_over_ordination_of_buddhist.html Controversy Over Ordination of Buddhist ...
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  • the U.S. in 1972. The limited use of DDT in disease vector control continues to this day in certain parts of the world and remains controversial. The ...
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  • A strain vector biomechanical investigation of the skull, mandible and teeth of a well-preserved last cold stage individual recovered from Whitemoor ...
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  • Format (PDF) file or other format based on vector graphics. The increase in ... are partly raster graphics and partly vector graphics. For a single raster ...
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  • In non-vector terms: at a given rate of rotation of the observer, ... The vector formula for the magnitude and direction the Coriolis acceleration ...
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  • ecliptic plane, which is perpendicular to the vector sum of the angular momenta of all planetary orbital planes, to which Jupiter is the main contributor ...
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  • * Coordinates in square brackets such as [100] denote a direction vector (in real space). * Coordinates in angle brackets or chevrons such as ...
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  • bitmap graphics or created and edited using 2D vector graphics. This includes automated computerized version of tweening, morphing, onion skinning, ...
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  • freedom. In this case, the first mode shape vector is saying that the masses are moving together in phase since they have the same value and sign. In ...
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  • ) That is why S and T appear to have the "vector form" of 6 components. Consequently, s appears to be a 6 by 6 matrix instead of rank-4 tensor ...
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  • axioms (e.g. field theory, group theory, topology, vector spaces) without any particular application in mind. The distinction between an “axiom” ...
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  • timelike, null, or spacelike if the tangent vector to one point of the geodesic is of this nature. The paths of particles and light beams in spacetime ...
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  • his application of ideas from physics, such as vector forces in the psychological and ethical context. In 1956, Köhler was elected the president ...
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  • [[Image:Sphere section.png|thumb|right|300px|A normal vector to a sphere, a normal plane and its normal section. The curvature of the curve of ...
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  • in North America.” Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology 13: 60-81. * Wirth, W. W., and F. S. Blanton. 1974. “The West Indian sandflies ...
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  • terms, escape velocity is a scalar (not a vector) quantity. ==Overview== The phenomenon of escape velocity is a consequence of conservation of ...
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  • rest energy. Next lowest in rest energy are vector mesons (spin 1), where the quark and antiquark have parallel spin. Both come in higher-energy versions ...
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  • * Bimi, L. 2007. Potential vector species of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) in Northern Ghana. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7(3): ...
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  • of light," technically the word velocity is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction. Speed refers only to the magnitude of the velocity ...
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  • of vacuum condensates, the rho and omega vector bosons were proposed by Sakurai to be force carrying particles for approximate symmetries of ...
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