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c_f40pn7gtl0jm | The turn (corresponding to a cycle or revolution) is used in technology and science. One turn is equal to 360°. With the invention of the metric system, based on powers of ten, there was an attempt to replace degrees by decimal "degrees" in France and nearby countries, where the number in a right angle is equal to 100 ... | Degree (geometry) |
c_my8m4lm6f60k | This was called grade (nouveau) or grad. Due to confusion with the existing term grad(e) in some northern European countries (meaning a standard degree, 1/360 of a turn), the new unit was called Neugrad in German (whereas the "old" degree was referred to as Altgrad), likewise nygrad in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian (al... | Degree (geometry) |
c_bygbaoumvvh9 | Although this idea of metrification was abandoned by Napoleon, grades continued to be used in several fields and many scientific calculators support them. Decigrades (1⁄4,000) were used with French artillery sights in World War I. An angular mil, which is most used in military applications, has at least three specific ... | Degree (geometry) |
c_tqs1f9aq89om | 1⁄6,283). A mil measuring 1⁄6,000 of a revolution originated in the imperial Russian army, where an equilateral chord was divided into tenths to give a circle of 600 units. This may be seen on a lining plane (an early device for aiming indirect fire artillery) dating from about 1900 in the St. Petersburg Museum of Arti... | Degree (geometry) |
c_4rzhivedtn8k | In most mathematics, the operations of addition and multiplication are associative. The associative law for addition, for example, states that ( a + b ) + c = a + ( b + c ) {\displaystyle (a+b)+c=a+(b+c)} . This means that once the associative law is stated, the parentheses are unnecessary and are usually omitted. More... | Symbols of grouping |
c_ahma54jgubvj | In most medical applications, hydrogen nuclei, which consist solely of a proton, that are in tissues create a signal that is processed to form an image of the body in terms of the density of those nuclei in a specific region. Given that the protons are affected by fields from other atoms to which they are bonded, it is... | T2-weighted imaging |
c_9cl6ejt1hkd0 | Scanning with X and Y gradient coils causes a selected region of the patient to experience the exact magnetic field required for the energy to be absorbed. The atoms are excited by a RF pulse and the resultant signal is measured by a receiving coil. The RF signal may be processed to deduce position information by looki... | T2-weighted imaging |
c_2igwz0jbsg2t | As these coils are rapidly switched during the excitation and response to perform a moving line scan, they create the characteristic repetitive noise of an MRI scan as the windings move slightly due to magnetostriction. The contrast between different tissues is determined by the rate at which excited atoms return to th... | T2-weighted imaging |
c_mxbff9mk8y6g | The whole system is controlled by one or more computers. MRI requires a magnetic field that is both strong and uniform to a few parts per million across the scan volume. | T2-weighted imaging |
c_hw6t6o24c7qx | The field strength of the magnet is measured in teslas – and while the majority of systems operate at 1.5 T, commercial systems are available between 0.2 and 7 T. Whole-body MRI systems for research application operate in e.g. 9.4T, 10.5T, 11.7T. Even higher field whole-body MRI systems e.g. 14 T and beyond are in conc... | T2-weighted imaging |
c_2ziosne3e60r | Lower field strengths can be achieved with permanent magnets, which are often used in "open" MRI scanners for claustrophobic patients. Lower field strengths are also used in a portable MRI scanner approved by the FDA in 2020. Recently, MRI has been demonstrated also at ultra-low fields, i.e., in the microtesla-to-milli... | T2-weighted imaging |
c_kcp76d2fqxsu | In most methods, the same threshold is applied to all pixels of an image. However, in some cases, it can be advantageous to apply a different threshold to different parts of the image, based on the local value of the pixels. This category of methods is called local or adaptive thresholding. They are particularly adapte... | Adaptive thresholding |
c_efxgv5k5f0h4 | In those cases, a neighborhood is defined and a threshold is computed for each pixel and its neighborhood. Many global thresholding methods can be adapted to work in a local way, but there are also methods developed specifically for local thresholding, such as the Niblack or the Bernsen algorithms. Software such as Ima... | Adaptive thresholding |
c_p32jg6w4pckl | In most microtunneling operations the machine is launched through an entry eye and pipes are pushed behind the machine. This pipe jacking process is repeated until the MTBM reaches the reception shaft at the far end. The speed of the advancing machine is limited to the speed at which the pipe is inserted into the entry... | Microtunneling |
c_6f6go8fshei3 | Two practices can minimize this friction. First, over-cutting is used to provide a gap between the inner edge of the tunnel and the outer edge of the liner. The gap is 1⁄2 to 1.5 inches (13 to 38 mm). | Microtunneling |
c_zkunj46h25ve | A lubricant, often bentonite slurry, is injected into this gap. The pressure of the lubricant prevents the gap from collapsing. Depending on the geology a 35mm overcut may create ground subsidence. | Microtunneling |
c_6kn364majt88 | For road and rail crossings, this 35mm is reduced so prevent more than 10mm subsidence. As much as hundreds of tons of force may be required to push the machine and liner forward. The jacking frame containing hydraulic rams produces these forces. The entrance shaft must be strong enough to support the forces it generat... | Microtunneling |
c_6ydw99zyxpft | In most millipedes, sperm transfer is performed by one or two pair of modified legs called gonopods, which are often on the seventh body segment. During mating, a male bends his body to collect a spermatophore from the genital pore of his third segment, and inserts it into the female's body. Gonopods vary greatly among... | Intromittent organ |
c_bulz3v1pl43p | In most mini grids, inverters convert the direct current (DC) electricity stored in batteries and produced by solar panels into alternating current (AC) power that powers appliances used in households and businesses. In some particularly small communities with low loads, DC mesh mini grids are used. Mesh grids—or “skin... | Talk:Mini-grid/Sandbox |
c_tlaldxzvh58g | They take the form of clusters of solar home systems made up of solar panels affixed to customers’ premises and connected in a mesh network. Specialized controllers allow surpluses to be shared and households can upgrade to AC appliances by purchasing an inverter. Energy management systems (EMS) optimize the balance be... | Talk:Mini-grid/Sandbox |
c_i6sr90tjjzfs | In most models of communication protocol participants communicate through authenticated channels. This means that messages are not anonymous, and receivers know the source of every message they receive. Some models assume a stronger, transferable form of authentication, where each message is signed by the sender, so th... | Consensus (computer science) |
c_ebi4n7z4lkvw | In most models of neural systems neurons are the most basic unit modeled. In computational neurogenetic modeling, to better simulate processes that are responsible for synaptic activity and connectivity, the genes responsible are modeled for each neuron. A gene regulatory network, protein regulatory network, or gene/pr... | Computational neurogenetic modeling |
c_1ymhumns6src | In most modern cameras, the amount of light entering the camera is measured using a built-in light meter or exposure meter. Taken through the lens (called TTL metering), these readings are taken using a panel of light-sensitive semiconductors. They are used to calculate optimal exposure settings. | Still camera |
c_tzvgcphs9iuj | These settings are typically determined automatically as the reading is used by the camera's microprocessor. The reading from the light meter is incorporated with aperture settings, exposure times, and film or sensor sensitivity to calculate the optimal exposure. Light meters typically average the light in a scene to 1... | Still camera |
c_lqaij4tu5p1l | In most modern digital audio workstation software, the term "piano roll" is used to refer to a graphical display of, and means of editing, MIDI note data. Piano rolls allow the user to enter the pitch, length and velocity of notes manually, instead of recording the output of a keyboard or other device for entering note... | Piano roll |
c_nuvbzjb2rtgy | In most modern digital cable systems the signals are encrypted, so cases of people obtaining illegal service are less common. The subscriber requires a set-top box provided by the cable company to decrypt and receive the cable signal. Unlike the older analog set-top boxes, the digital set-top box will not function unti... | Cable television piracy |
c_zr3pw36bsvx1 | A box only decrypts the channel being watched, so each box can only be used with one television, requiring subscribers to lease additional boxes at greater expense for multiple televisions. One minor loophole is that the cable company has no way of knowing where a given set-top box is located, and once activated a box ... | Cable television piracy |
c_ddbdqf8z4r1g | Subscribers are often provided with several set-top boxes as part of their subscription, and can give or sell unneeded activated boxes to neighboring nonsubscribers who can use them in their own residences, though a provider using IP location using the cable modem within a set-top box featuring advanced two-way feature... | Cable television piracy |
c_pddi5fnhn9bz | The equipment would descramble the signal so that it can be viewed by the subscriber. It also is addressable, meaning that it can be remotely controlled by the company's technical staff. The first major case covered by the media was when 317 subscribers were caught in 1991 when the company they subscribed sent a "bulle... | Cable television piracy |
c_tcpqpovjcyvt | In most modern funiculars, neither of the two carriages is equipped with an engine of its own. Instead, the propulsion is provided by an electric motor in the engine room (typically at the upper end of the track); the motor is linked via a speed-reducing gearbox to a large pulley – a drive bullwheel – which then contro... | Funicular railway |
c_ygrvmlryrh03 | This arrangement has the advantage of having twice the contact area between the cable and the groove, and returning the downward-moving cable in the same plane as the upward-moving one. Modern installations also use high friction liners to enhance the friction between the bullwheel grooves and the cable.For emergency a... | Funicular railway |
c_qndbe97jyuzm | In most modern operating systems (OSs), a large body of reusable code is provided to simplify the programmer's job. This code is typically provided as a set of dynamically loadable libraries that applications can call at runtime. Because the Java platform is not dependent on any specific operating system, applications ... | Java (software platform) |
c_zxgpyxvvekxd | Instead, the Java platform provides a comprehensive set of its own standard class libraries containing many of the same reusable functions commonly found in modern operating systems. Most of the system library is also written in Java. For instance, the Swing library paints the user interface and handles the events itse... | Java (software platform) |
c_5m7cfjgtv2ih | The Java class libraries serve three purposes within the Java platform. First, like other standard code libraries, the Java libraries provide the programmer a well-known set of functions to perform common tasks, such as maintaining lists of items or performing complex string parsing. Second, the class libraries provide... | Java (software platform) |
c_1vzysj03i5bs | Tasks such as network access and file access are often heavily intertwined with the distinctive implementations of each platform. The java.net and java.io libraries implement an abstraction layer in native OS code, then provide a standard interface for the Java applications to perform those tasks. Finally, when some un... | Java (software platform) |
c_lz4an1r6oey6 | In most modern patent laws, patent applications must have at least one claim, which are critical defining elements of the patent and the primary subject of examination. In some patent laws however, a date of filing may be obtained for an application which does not contain any claim. | Patent claims |
c_j67l9djxez39 | In most modern reptiles and amphibians, the quadratojugal is a prominent, straplike bone in the skull and provides structural integrity in the postorbital region of the skull. In many reptiles, the inner face of the quadratojugal also connects to the quadrate bone which forms the cranium's contribution to the jaw joint... | Quadratojugal bone |
c_p9uu69azw85l | However, many diapsids, including modern squamates (lizards and snakes), have lost the lower temporal bar. Crocodilians and rhynchocephalians (the latter represented solely by the tuatara, Sphenodon) retain a quadratojugal. | Quadratojugal bone |
c_005s49adnaa4 | Turtles also seem to possess a quadratojugal. Among living amphibians, a quadratojugal is known to be present in some frogs and caecilians. However, it is notably absent in salamanders. | Quadratojugal bone |
c_d8n814kvxxar | In most modern scientific work, physical quantities are measured in SI units. The SI unit of weight is the same as that of force: the newton (N) – a derived unit which can also be expressed in SI base units as kg⋅m/s2 (kilograms times metres per second squared).In commercial and everyday use, the term "weight" is usual... | Units of weight |
c_4ivcwfe5nsgv | In most modern typefaces, the height of the 0 character is the same as the other digits. However, in typefaces with text figures, the character is often shorter (x-height). Traditionally, many print typefaces made the capital letter O more rounded than the narrower, elliptical digit 0. Typewriters originally made no di... | Symbols for zero |
c_ypisufcdeg0h | The distinction came into prominence on modern character displays.The digit 0 with a dot in the centre seems to have originated as an option on IBM 3270 displays. Its appearance has continued with Taligent's command line typeface Andalé Mono. One variation used a short vertical bar instead of the dot. | Symbols for zero |
c_c00k8xoguz7k | This could be confused with the Greek letter Theta on a badly focused display, but in practice there was no confusion because theta was not (then) a displayable character and very little used anyway. An alternative, the slashed zero (looking similar to the letter O except for the slash), was primarily used in hand-writ... | Symbols for zero |
c_5ijo5zuzr7b7 | Some Burroughs/Unisys equipment displays a digit 0 with a reversed slash. The opposing convention that has the letter O with a slash and the digit 0 without was advocated by SHARE, a prominent IBM user group, and recommended by IBM for writing FORTRAN programs, and by a few other early mainframe makers; this is even mo... | Symbols for zero |
c_92msqfqfzarn | Another convention used on some early line printers left digit 0 unornamented but added a tail or hook to the capital O so that it resembled an inverted Q (like U+213A ℺) or cursive capital letter-O ( O {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}} ).Some fonts designed for use with computers made one of the capital-O–digit-0 pair mo... | Symbols for zero |
c_us0167zqtu1n | In most modern vehicles, internal combustion engines "breathe" under-hood air or air ducted from under the front bumper through plastic and rubber tubing. The high operating temperatures in the engine compartment result in intake air that is 28°C (82°F) or warmer than the ambient temperature and consequently, less dens... | Hood scoop |
c_z56i5vcixk96 | In most motorcycles all or most of the exhaust system is visible and may be chrome plated as a display feature. Aftermarket exhausts may be made from steel, aluminium, titanium, or carbon fiber. Motorcycle exhausts come in many varieties depending on the type of engine and its intended use. A twin-cylinder bike may hav... | Lake pipes |
c_468gb0eqwvlc | 4 cylinder machines, super-sport bikes like Kawasaki's ZX series, Honda's CBR series, Yamaha's YZF series, latterly titled R6 and R1, and Suzuki's GSX-R, often have a twin exhaust system. A "full system" may be bought as an aftermarket accessory, also called a 4-2-1 or 4–1, depending on its layout. In the past, these b... | Lake pipes |
c_zc48rxcs0lu2 | In most multicellular organisms, mtDNA is inherited from the mother (maternally inherited). Mechanisms for this include simple dilution (an egg contains on average 200,000 mtDNA molecules, whereas a healthy human sperm has been reported to contain on average 5 molecules), degradation of sperm mtDNA in the male genital ... | Mitochondrial gene |
c_je3g2m46gz3p | In most multiprocessor systems, each processor schedules and controls itself, therefore there's no "supervisor" processor, and kernel data structures are globally shared; sections of code that access those shared data structures are critical sections. This design choice is made to improve scaling, reliability and modul... | Software lockout |
c_j0zrs4p9zx5m | To prevent critical races and inconsistency, only one processor (CPU) at a given time is allowed to access a particular data structure (a memory portion), while other CPUs trying to access at the same time are locked-out, waiting in idle status.Three cases can be distinguished when this idle wait is either necessary, c... | Software lockout |
c_8q9m737f5rji | Idle wait is instead not convenient in case of a kernel critical section for device management, present in monolithic kernels only. A microkernel instead falls on just the first two of the above cases. In a multiprocessor system, most of the conflicts are kernel-level conflicts, due to the access to the kernel level cr... | Software lockout |
c_g0ttbbt435d8 | In most musical instruments, the tone-generating component (a string or resonant column of air) vibrates at many frequencies simultaneously: a fundamental frequency that is usually perceived as the pitch of the note, and harmonics or overtones that are multiples of the fundamental frequency and whose wavelengths theref... | Stretched tuning |
c_8ic09kftcaf5 | In the acoustic piano, harpsichord, and clavichord, the vibrating element is a metal wire or string; in many non-digital electric pianos, it is a tapered metal tine (Rhodes piano) or reed (Wurlitzer electric piano) with one end clamped and the other free to vibrate. Each note on the keyboard has its own separate vibrat... | Stretched tuning |
c_0s3bzt7mpfxu | In most non-human primate species, natural SIV infection does not cause a fatal disease (but see below). Comparison of the gene sequence of SIV with HIV should, therefore, provide information about the factors necessary to cause disease in humans. The factors that determine the virulence of HIV as compared to most SIVs... | History of HIV/AIDS |
c_0yi7z96du80x | In most non-strict languages the non-strictness extends to data constructors. This allows conceptually infinite data structures (such as the list of all prime numbers) to be manipulated in the same way as ordinary finite data structures. It also allows for the use of very large but finite data structures such as the co... | Non-strict programming language |
c_9tfq18kyxnqx | All hardware architectures in common use are optimized for strict languages, so the best compilers for non-strict languages produce slower code than the best compilers for strict languages. Space complexity of non-strict programs is difficult to understand and predict.Strict programming languages are often associated w... | Non-strict programming language |
c_14qu09a0fhvi | In most object-oriented languages, calls to methods are represented physically by a pointer to the code in memory. This restricts the design of an application since specific command handling classes are needed, usually organized according to the chain-of-responsibility pattern. While Cocoa retains this approach for the... | Cocoa API |
c_qhjkyen98drz | When a message is sent, the selector is sent into the Objective-C runtime, matched against a list of available methods, and the method's implementation is called. Since the selector is text data, this lets it be saved to a file, transmitted over a network or between processes, or manipulated in other ways. The implemen... | Cocoa API |
c_waov0h5kipx2 | There is a small performance penalty for this, but late binding allows the same selector to reference different implementations. By a similar token, Cocoa provides a pervasive data manipulation method called key-value coding (KVC). This allows a piece of data or property of an object to be looked up or changed at runti... | Cocoa API |
c_sev9qepbc398 | The property name acts as a key to the value. In traditional languages, this late binding is impossible. | Cocoa API |
c_rj2egjo0dyz8 | KVC leads to great design flexibility. An object's type need not be known, yet any property of that object can be discovered using KVC. Also, by extending this system using something Cocoa terms key-value observing (KVO), automatic support for undo-redo is provided. Late static binding is a variant of binding somewhere... | Cocoa API |
c_43qluf01yb7i | In most object-oriented languages, objects can be referred to using references. Some examples of such languages are Java, C++, C#, VB.NET, and many scripting languages, such as Perl, Python, and Ruby. In this case, it matters whether the state of an object can vary when objects are shared via references. | Mutable variable |
c_pvck4gk03gy2 | In most object-oriented languages, such as Java or C#, references may be null. These references need to be checked to ensure they are not null before invoking any methods, because methods typically cannot be invoked on null references. The Objective-C language takes another approach to this problem and does nothing whe... | Null Object pattern |
c_i9s6n00ctxo5 | In most occasions, thrust reversers are deployed after the aircraft touches down. However, some engines with target-type thrust reversers allow in-flight deployment, which means the thrust reversers being deployed when the aircraft is still in air. A considerable proportion of Russia-made aircraft like the Tupolev Tu-1... | Target-type thrust reversal |
c_tkt9rtsi7ia9 | In most of Africa, many styles are used by traditional royalty. Generally the vast majority of the members of these royal families use the titles Prince and Princess, while the higher ranked amongst them also use either Highness or Royal Highness to describe secondary appellations in their native languages that they ho... | Forms of address |
c_0z61lzqlq8fp | In most of Asia and Africa, Isuzu is known primarily for trucks of all sizes, after Isuzu dropped all sales of sedans and compact cars in the late 1990s due to plummeting sales. In the days when Isuzu sold passenger cars, they were known for focusing on the diesel-engined niche. In 1983, for instance, long before the e... | Isuzu |
c_d54jyuikonzj | Isuzu as a corporation has always been primarily a manufacturer of small to medium compact automobiles and commercial trucks of sizes medium duty and larger, but markets around the world show different needs. Isuzu Motors America discontinued the sale of passenger vehicles in the United States on January 31, 2009. The ... | Isuzu |
c_4tulocyj2qj6 | Isuzu sold 7,098 cars in the year 2007. This action did not affect Isuzu's commercial vehicle or industrial diesel engine operations in the United States. | Isuzu |
c_zpbex18jhi4z | Isuzu has a contract with Budget Truck Rental to manufacture their rental trucks, shared with Ford, GMC, and Navistar International.In Australia, Isuzu was for many years a major supplier of light commercial and domestic vehicles to Holden (General Motors). However, by 2008, Holden was sourcing few Isuzus. At this time... | Isuzu |
c_snnsztrzt363 | Isuzu's entry in the Thai market proved to be one of its most successful. Its presence in the country began in 1966 when it established a manufacturing facility for pick-up trucks in the Samuthprakarn province with a capacity of 155,000 units per year. The automaker quickly became a market leader so that by 2002, the c... | Isuzu |
c_2lhw5w0hx6xm | Isuzu claimed the largest share of the Thai commercial vehicle market, outperforming its competitors for at least 23 years. By 2006, the company transferred to an industrial zone in Chachoengsao province to support further production expansion. By 2017, Isuzu has been exporting pick-up trucks, with shipments reaching N... | Isuzu |
c_puhxqvytbs1e | In most of Australia, the primary and secondary school year lasts about 200 days, from late January or early February to early or mid-December, and is split into four terms: Term 1 starts in late January or early February and ends in late March or early April (often in close proximity to Easter). Term 2 starts in late ... | Semester |
c_rl7jb0349k0b | Australian states and territories vary their approach to Easter when determining the dates for the holiday at the end of Term 1.The exact dates vary from year to year, as well as between states, and for public and private school. In Tasmania until and including 2012, the school year was split into three terms, the firs... | Semester |
c_tur6umzsoqcw | The exact start and finish date of the academic year varies between jurisdictions; in 2023 Queensland will start earliest on 23 January (the only jurisdiction to begin the academic year before Australia Day) and finish earliest on 8 December, while Tasmania will start latest on 8 February and finish latest on 21 Decemb... | Semester |
c_9qtov8aymxev | In the year 2000, due to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the state of New South Wales extended the break after Term 3 to three weeks. Most Australian universities have two semesters a year, but Bond University, Deakin University, CQUniversity, Griffith University, the University of New South Wales and the Universit... | Semester |
c_n94jcscgdcxx | In most of Canada, either partner may informally assume the spouse's surname after marriage, so long as it is not for the purposes of fraud. The same is true for people in common-law relationships, in some provinces. This is not considered a legal name change in most provinces, excluding British Columbia. For federal p... | Maiden name |
c_44x3wwb8ik53 | In the province of British Columbia, people have to undergo a legal name change if they want to use a combined surname after marriage. Their marriage certificate is considered proof of their new name.The custom in Québec was similar to the one in France until 1981. Women would traditionally go by their husband's surnam... | Maiden name |
c_ikyyrlan47d0 | Since the passage of a 1981 provincial law intended to promote gender equality, as outlined in the Québec Charter of Rights, no change may be made to a person's name without the authorization of the registrar of civil status or the authorization of the court. Newlyweds who wish to change their names upon marriage must ... | Maiden name |
c_1a4cqez360o4 | In most of Central Europe, poppy seed is commonly used for traditional pastries and cakes, and it is legal to grow poppies throughout the region, although Germany requires a licence.Since January 1999 in the Czech Republic, according to the 167/1998 Sb. Addictive Substances Act, poppies growing in fields larger than 10... | Opium poppies |
c_ppknw4q5g8vq | The name Czech blue poppy refers to blue poppy seeds used for food.The United Kingdom does not require a licence for opium poppy cultivation, but does for extracting opium for medicinal products. In the United States, opium poppies and poppy straw are prohibited. As the opium poppy is legal for culinary or esthetic rea... | Opium poppies |
c_ltrcdhtw7alk | The law of poppy cultivation in the United States is somewhat ambiguous. The reason for the ambiguity is that the Opium Poppy Control Act of 1942 (now repealed) stated that any opium poppies should be declared illegal, even if the farmers were issued a state permit. § 3 of the Opium Poppy Control Act stated: It shall b... | Opium poppies |
c_i6duxe632uun | This led to the Poppy Rebellion, and to the Narcotics Bureau arresting anyone planting opium poppies and forcing the destruction of poppy fields of anyone who defied the prohibition of poppy cultivation. Though the press of those days favored the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the state of California supported the farmer... | Opium poppies |
c_s85gp40d5e7p | The Opium Poppy Control Act of 1942 was repealed on 27 October 1970.Under the Federal Controlled Substances Act opium poppy and poppy straw are listed as Schedule II drugs under ACSN 9630. Most (all?) states also use this classification under the uniform penal code. | Opium poppies |
c_qu23ohwey82q | Possession of a Schedule II drug is a federal and state felony. Canada forbids possessing, seeking or obtaining the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), its preparations, derivatives, alkaloids and salts, although an exception is made for poppy seed.In some parts of Australia, P. somniferum is illegal to cultivate, but in... | Opium poppies |
c_s7rcovjbit13 | In northern Burma bans have ended a century-old tradition of growing the opium poppy. Between 20,000 and 30,000 former poppy farmers left the Kokang region as a result of the ban in 2002. People from the Wa region, where the ban was implemented in 2005, fled to areas where growing opium is still possible. In South Kore... | Opium poppies |
c_zmn355lszjtz | In most of Christianity, a fallen angel is an angel who has been exiled or banished from Heaven. Often such banishment is a punishment for disobeying or rebelling against God (see War in Heaven). The best-known fallen angel is Lucifer. Lucifer is a name frequently given to Satan in Christian belief. | Christian theology |
c_2ze97ezzrs4x | This usage stems from a particular interpretation, as a reference to a fallen angel, of a passage in the Bible (Isaiah 14:3–20) that speaks of someone who is given the name of "Day Star" or "Morning Star" (in Latin, Lucifer) as fallen from heaven. The Greek etymological synonym of Lucifer, Φωσφόρος (Phosphoros, "light-... | Christian theology |
c_suvkacqfm4cd | But Satan is called Lucifer in many writings later than the Bible, notably in Milton's Paradise Lost (7.131–134, among others), because, according to Milton, Satan was "brighter once amidst the host of Angels, than that star the stars among." Allegedly, fallen angels are those which have committed one of the seven dead... | Christian theology |
c_phav5siv1ubm | In most of Continental Europe, the default rule is to give priority to the right, but this may be overridden by signs or road markings. There, priority was initially given according to the social rank of each traveler, but early in the life of the automobile this rule was deemed impractical and replaced with the priori... | Road traffic |
c_wlcp1wa5ufvu | Priority to the right where used in continental Europe may be overridden by an ascending hierarchy of markings, signs, signals, and authorized persons. In the United Kingdom, priority is generally indicated by signs or markings, so that almost all junctions between public roads (except those governed by traffic signals... | Road traffic |
c_d1f7jbrcu1by | A very small proportion of low-traffic junctions are unmarked – typically on housing estates or in rural areas. Here the rule is to "proceed with great care" i.e. slow the vehicle and check for traffic on the intersecting road. Other countries use various methods similar to the above examples to establish the right of ... | Road traffic |
c_yykcfo25c317 | For example, in most of the United States, the default priority is to yield to traffic from the right, but this is usually overridden by traffic control devices or other rules, like the boulevard rule. This rule holds that traffic entering a major road from a smaller road or alley must yield to the traffic of the busie... | Road traffic |
c_3795079is380 | Perpendicular intersections Also known as a "four-way" intersection, this intersection is the most common configuration for roads that cross each other, and the most basic type. If traffic signals do not control a four-way intersection, signs or other features are typically used to control movements and make clear prio... | Road traffic |
c_q5uj7wqy9qq6 | In the United States, South Africa, and Canada, there are four-way intersections with a stop sign at every entrance, called four-way stops. A failed signal or a flashing red light is equivalent to a four-way stop, or an all-way stop. Special rules for four-way stops may include: In the countries that use four-way stops... | Road traffic |
c_hjb25yhnayni | Whichever vehicle first stops at the stop line – or before the crosswalk, if there is no stop line – has priority. If two vehicles stop at the same time, priority is given to the vehicle on the right. If several vehicles arrive at the same time, a right-of-way conflict may arise wherein no driver has the legal right-of... | Road traffic |
c_l1gvmmndx09x | This may result in drivers informally signaling to other drivers to indicate their intent to yield, for example by waving or flashing headlights.In Europe and other places, there are similar intersections. These may be marked by special signs (according to the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals), a danger sign... | Road traffic |
c_664pwsqlk744 | In Europe and in many areas of North America the default rules that apply at uncontrolled four-way intersections are almost identical: Rules for pedestrians differ by country, in the United States and Canada pedestrians generally have priority at such an intersection. All vehicles must give priority to any traffic appr... | Road traffic |
c_jsjtwgaih45o | In most of Europe and North America, dried grapes are referred to as "raisins" or the local equivalent. In the UK, three different varieties are recognized, forcing the EU to use the term "dried vine fruit" in official documents. A raisin is any dried grape. While raisin is a French loanword, the word in French refers ... | Grape seed |
c_9c5bb7f6e3gq | A raisin in French is called raisin sec ("dry grape"). A currant is a dried Zante Black Corinth grape, the name being a corruption of the French raisin de Corinthe (Corinth grape). The names of the black and red currant, now more usually blackcurrant and redcurrant, two berries unrelated to grapes, are derived from thi... | Grape seed |
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