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  • 31Richardson extrapolation — In numerical analysis, Richardson extrapolation is a sequence acceleration method, used to improve the rate of convergence of a sequence. It is named after Lewis Fry Richardson, who introduced the technique in the early 20th century. [cite… …

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  • 32Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties — The Lancet , one of the oldest scientific medical journals in the world, published two peer reviewed studies on the effect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation on Iraqi mortality. The first was published in 2004; the second (by… …

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  • 33Counter-battery fire — Counterfire redirects here. For British political organisation, see Counterfire (organisation). Counter battery fire is a type of mission assigned to military artillery forces, which are given the task of locating and firing upon enemy artillery …

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  • 34Jewish views on evolution — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …

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  • 35Antarctosaurus — Taxobox name = Antarctosaurus fossil range = Late Cretaceous image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo = Saurischia subordo = Sauropodomorpha infraordo = Sauropoda unranked familia =… …

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  • 36Opposition by Judaism to evolutionary theory — In the Jewish global community, some Haredi rabbis have remained staunchly opposed to certain teachings in evolutionary theory. In contrast with the literalist biblical interpretation of some Christian creationists, they express an openness to… …

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  • 37weather forecasting — Prediction of the weather through application of the principles of physics and meteorology. Weather forecasting predicts atmospheric phenomena and changes on the Earth s surface caused by atmospheric conditions (snow and ice cover, storm tides,… …

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  • 38Microbeam — A microbeam is a narrow beam of radiation, of micrometer or sub micrometer dimensions. Together with integrated imaging techniques, microbeams allow precisely defined quantities of damage to be introduced at precisely defined locations. Thus, the …

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  • 39Interim Earnings Per Share — A measure of earnings calculated at a specified time, shorter than or before the end of year calculations. Interim earnings per share (EPS) can be calculated at any time, given the knowledge of number of outstanding shares and net income less any …

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  • 40extrapolation — by 1867, from EXTRA (Cf. extra ) + back half of INTERPOLATION (Cf. interpolation); original sense was insert intermediate terms in a mathematical series. Transferred sense of drawing a conclusion about the future based on present tendencies is… …

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