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  • 83List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom — This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.* Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g. pants , crib ) are to be found …

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  • 84Ambisonics — is a series of recording and replay techniques using multichannel mixing technology that can be used live or in the studio. By encoding and decoding sound information on a number of channels, a 2 dimensional ( planar , or horizontal only) or 3… …

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  • 85Electron diffraction — is a technique used to study matter by firing electrons at a sample and observing the resulting interference pattern. This phenomenon occurs due to the wave particle duality, which states that a particle of matter (in this case the incident… …

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  • 86Le Sage's theory of gravitation — is the most common name for the kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges Louis Le Sage in 1748. The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton s gravitational force in terms… …

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  • 87Grigory Potyomkin — Prince (Reichsfürst) Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin Tavricheski ( ru. Григорий Александрович Потёмкин, pronounced Patyómkin ) (OldStyleDate|September 24|1739|September 13) ndash; OldStyleDate|October 16|1791|October 5) was a Russian general field …

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  • 88Vinnytsia Oblast — Infobox Ukrainian oblast Name = Vinnytsia Oblast UkrainianName = Вінницька область TransliteratedName = Vinnyts’ka oblast’ Ukraine Administrative center = Vinnytsia GovernorName = Oleksandr Dombrovskyi GovernorParty = ? ChairmanName = ?… …

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  • 89Competition law — Antitrust redirects here. For the 2001 film, see Antitrust (film). For laws specific to the U.S., see United States antitrust law. Competition law Basic concepts …

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  • 90Polybrominated diphenyl ethers — or PBDE, are organobromine compounds that are used as flame retardants. Like other brominated flame retardants, PBDEs have been used in a wide array of products, including building materials, electronics, furnishings, motor vehicles, airplanes,… …

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