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  • 121Radius bar — Radius Ra di*us (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s), n.; pl. L. {Radii} (r[=a] d[i^]*[imac]); E. {Radiuses} (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s*[e^]z). [L., a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a divergent line.] 1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from… …

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  • 122Radius of curvature — Radius Ra di*us (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s), n.; pl. L. {Radii} (r[=a] d[i^]*[imac]); E. {Radiuses} (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s*[e^]z). [L., a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a divergent line.] 1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from… …

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  • 123Radiuses — Radius Ra di*us (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s), n.; pl. L. {Radii} (r[=a] d[i^]*[imac]); E. {Radiuses} (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s*[e^]z). [L., a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a divergent line.] 1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from… …

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  • 124Secant — Secant, n. [Cf. F. s[ e]cante. See {Secant}, a.] 1. (Geom.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points. [1913 Webster] 2. (Trig.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a …

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  • 125Vibration — Vi*bra tion, n. [L. vibratio: cf. F. vibration.] 1. The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string. [1913 Webster] As a harper lays his open… …

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  • 126James Watt — Infobox Person name = James Watt caption = Inventor and Mechanical Engineer birth date = birth date|1736|1|19 birth place = Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain death date = death date |1819|8|25| Although a number of… …

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  • 127Fresnel integral — S(x) and C(x) The maximum of C(x) is about 0.977451424. If πt²/2 were used instead of t², then the image would be scaled vertically and horizontally (see below). Fresnel integrals, S(x) and C(x), are two transcendental functions named aft …

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  • 128Dhol — This article is about the musical instrument. For the 2007 Priyadarshan movie, see Dhol (2007 film). For the Armenian dhol and Georgian doli, see Nagara (drum). Dhol Other names ઢોલ,ਢੋਲ,ڈھول , ढोल, ঢোল, Դհոլ, دهل Cl …

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