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11Broadcast range — A broadcast range (also listening range for radio, or viewing range for TV) is the service area that a broadcast station or other transmission covers via radio waves (or possibly infrared light, which is closely related). It is generally the area …
12High dynamic range rendering — A comparison of the standard fixed aperture rendering (left) with the HDR rendering (right) in the video game Half Life 2: Lost Coast In 3D computer graphics, high dynamic range rendering (HDRR or HDR rendering), also known as high dynamic range… …
13Basic Limiting Principle — A Basic Limiting Principle (B.L.P.) is a general principle that limits our explanations metaphysically or epistemologically, and which normally goes unquestioned or even unnoticed in our everyday or scientific thinking. The term was introduced by …
14Variable range hopping — IntroductionVariable range hopping or Mott variable range hopping, is a model describing low temperature conduction in strongly disordered systems with localized states. [Mott, N.F., Phil. Mag. ,19,835,1969] It has a characteristic temperature… …
15Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty — The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987, it was …
16lighthouse — /luyt hows /, n., pl. lighthouses / how ziz/. 1. a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc. 2. either of two cylindrical metal… …
17Blaster (Star Wars) — An E 11 blaster rifle prop Blasters are ranged weapons in the Star Wars fictional universe. This category of plasma bolt firing rayguns includes various pistols, rifles, and other powerful weapons. Contents 1 Production …
18gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …
19Project 664 class torpedo boat — The project 664 (NATO reporting name Wisla ) class were the Polish torpedo boats, designed in Poland in the 1970s. They were ones of few vessels of this size, powered by a gas turbine, and could achieve a great speed. Development:In the late… …
20flight envelope — /ˈflaɪt ɛnvəloʊp/ (say fluyt envuhlohp) noun the limiting range of speeds, altitudes, manoeuvres, etc., possible for a particular type of aircraft …
