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81accelerometer — /ak sel euh rom i teuhr/, n. an instrument for measuring acceleration, as of aircraft or guided missiles. [1900 05; ACCELER(ATION) + O + METER] * * * Instrument that measures acceleration. Because it is difficult to measure acceleration directly …
82vernier — ver•ni•er [[t]ˈvɜr ni ər[/t]] n. 1) sur wam Also, ver′nier scale . a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of …
83vernier — /ˈvɜniə/ (say verneeuh) noun Also, vernier scale. 1. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel with the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, or other graduated instrument, and used for measuring a fractional part of …
84ARAKHIN — (Aram. עֲרָכִין, Valuations ), the fifth tractate of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud in the order of Kodashim. Mishnah tractate Arakhin portrays the system of votive donations that financed the Temple s maintenance – as distinct from… …
85Feature detection (computer vision) — In computer vision and image processing the concept of feature detection refers to methods that aim at computing abstractions of image information and making local decisions at every image point whether there is an image feature of a given type… …
86Absolute pitch — (AP), widely referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability of a person to identify or recreate a musical note without the benefit of a known reference.DefinitionAbsolute pitch, or perfect pitch, is the ability to identify the frequency or musical… …
87Guillaume Delisle — (February 28, 1675 January 25, 1726) was a French cartographer who lived in Paris.His father, Claude Delisle (1644 1720) studied law and then later settled in Paris as private teacher in geography and history, and afterwards filled the office of… …
88Funeral Dues — • The canonical perquisites of a parish priest receivable on the occasion of the funeral of any of his parishioners Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Funeral Dues Funeral Dues …
89Guillaume Delisle — Guillaume Delisle † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Guillaume Delisle Reformer of cartography, born 28 February, 1675, in Paris; died there 25 January, 1726. His father, Claude Delisle (1644 1720), having completed his law studies, settled in …
90Volume rendering — is a technique used to display a 2D projection of a 3D discretely sampled data set.A typical 3D data set is a group of 2D slice images acquired by a CT or MRI scanner.Usually these are acquired in a regular pattern (e.g., one slice every… …
