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51Conic section — Types of conic sections: 1. Parabola 2. Circle and ellipse 3. Hyperbola …
52Cross section (physics) — A cross section is the effective area which governs the probability of some scattering or absorption event. Together with particle density and path length, it can be used to predict the total scattering probability via the Beer Lambert law. In… …
53X-Plane (simulator) — Infobox Software name = X Plane caption = Screenshot of Joseph Noé s Cessna 208 developer = Laminar Research latest release version = 9.00/9.01 latest release date = April 18th 2008 latest preview version = 9.20 Beta 9 latest preview date = March …
54Paper plane — This article is about toy aircraft fashioned from paper. For other uses, see Paper plane (disambiguation). Instructions for a traditional paper plane. A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a …
55Toric section — A toric section is an intersection of a plane with a torus, just as a conic section is the intersection of a plane with a cone. Mathematical formulaeIn general, toric sections are fourth order (quartic) plane curvesof the form:left( x^{2} + y^{2} …
562008 Mexico City plane crash — 2008 Mexico City Interior Ministry plane crash Cordoned off crash site with burned buildings in background, with Mexican Police guarding the area Accident summary …
57Spiric section — A spiric section is a special case of a toric section, which is the intersection of a plane with a torus (σπειρα in ancient Greek). Spiric sections are toric sections in which the intersecting plane is parallel to the rotational symmetry axis of… …
58Cutting-plane method — In mathematical optimization, the cutting plane method is an umbrella term for optimization methods which iteratively refine a feasible set or objective function by means of linear inequalities, termed cuts. Such procedures are popularly used to… …
59Snakes on a Plane — For the first single from Cobra Starship, see Snakes on a Plane (Bring It). Snakes on a Plane …
60conic section — Geom. a curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone; an ellipse, a circle, a parabola, or a hyperbola. Also called conic. [1655 65] * * * Any two dimensional curve traced by the intersection of a right circular cone… …
