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81Second English Civil War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Second English Civil War partof= the English Civil War date= February, 1648 – 30 January, 1649 place= England and Wales casus= Failure of First English Civil War to provide a satisfactory long term settlement.… …
82Second Battle of the Java Sea — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Java Sea (II) caption=HMS Exeter sinking partof=World War II, Pacific War date=March 1, 1942 place=Java Sea result= Japanese victory combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom|naval Royal Navy… …
83speed of light — n. permanent physical speed of the electromagnetic rays in space, unit of distance per time within which light moves (approximately 299,792.5 kilometers per second / 186, 200, 000 miles per second) …
84Speed Of Sound — In dry air, at 0° C (32° F), sound travels at 331.6 meters per second (1,088 feet per second). As the temperature increases, so does the speed of sound. See Mach, Hypersonic, Transonic and Subsonic …
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85Second Severn Crossing — Infobox Bridge bridge name=Second Severn Crossing caption=Second Severn crossing seen from the English side looking West, January 2006 official name= carries=6 lane M4 motorway crosses=River Severn locale=South West England/South East Wales maint …
86speed of sound — The speed at which sound travels in a given medium under specified conditions. The speed of sound at sea level in the International Standard Atmosphere is 1108 ft/second, 658 knots, 1215 km/hour. See also hypersonic; sonic; subsonic; supersonic;… …
87speed of light — noun The speed of electromagnetic radiation in a perfect vacuum: exactly 299,792,458 metres per second. Syn: Einstein barrier, Einstein constant, lightspeed, light speed, c See Also: subluminal …
88Speed — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible, related, origins; the first is of Anglo Saxon, pre Conquest date, and is an example of the widespread and common practice of creating a surname from a nickname. In this instance the nickname… …
89second segment — The segment commencing at gear retraction after takeoff at V2 (takeoff safety speed). It maintains this speed in the climb to the top at the end of the segment when the aircraft is leveled out, climbs less steeply to accelerate to the flaps up… …
90speed-watch — A means of measuring speed of a motor vehicle, consisting of two rubber hoses set across the highway at a measured distance, and so equipped and constructed that when the front wheels of a vehicle strike the first hose, a clock is set in… …
