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1Slashed zero — Not to be confused with Ø. Display of zero in three typefaces. From top to bottom: slashed zero, dotted zero, plain zero. The slashed zero is a representation of the number 0 (zero), with a slash through it. In character encoding terms, it is an… …
2Direct route (Milestone) — Milestone buttress, E side Crag: Milestone buttress (Ogwen) V Diff; 75m; *** First ascent: G. Barlow, H Priestly Smith, 1910. Route description (general: polished; popular) 30m: Climb diagonal crack (alternative start from further L) 30m: Up, L,… …
3solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
4Ceramography — is the art and science of preparation, examination and evaluation of ceramic microstructures.[1] Ceramography can be thought of as the metallography of ceramics. The microstructure is the structure level of approximately 0.1 to 100 µm, between… …
5Historia de Barcelona — Puerto de Barcelona, grabado francés del siglo XVIII. La historia de Barcelona se extiende a lo largo de 4.000 años, desde finales del neolítico, con los primeros restos hallados en el territorio de la ciudad, hasta la actualidad. El sustrato de… …
6china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
7China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
8Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco — San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (eastern span replacement) Artistic rendition of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge seen from Treasure Island (ca. 2014) Official name To be determ …
9Hogging and sagging — Hogging is the stress a ship s hull or keel experiences that causes the center of the keel to bend upward.Sagging is the stress a ship s hull or keel is placed under when a wave is the same length as the ship and the ship is in the trough of two… …
10Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …
