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  • 41couple-close — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|klōs noun ( s) Etymology: couple (II) + close 1. heraldry : a cotise paralleling a chevron 2. : a pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet or with a collar beam …

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  • 42pendant post — noun : a part of the framing of an open timbered roof that consists of a post set against the wall, resting on a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof …

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  • 43ICF Bogie — is a conventional railway bogie used on the majority of Indian Railway main line passenger coaches. The design of the bogie was developed by ICF (Integral Coach Factory), Perumbur, India in collaboration with the Swiss Car Elevator Manufacturing… …

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  • 44List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …

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  • 46Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …

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  • 47technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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  • 48Sailor Venus — Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V character Minako in her Super Sailor Venus form as seen in the anime First appearance ( …

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  • 49Shadow Galactica — Sailor Moon villain group Members of Shadow Galactica. Left column: Sailor Lethe, Sailor Mnemosyne, Sailor Phi, Sailor Chi. Center column: Galaxia in her civilian and senshi forms. Right column: Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Aluminum Siren, Sailor… …

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  • 50pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …

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