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1Chain shift — In phonology, a chain shift is a phenomenon in which several sounds move stepwise along a phonetic scale. The sounds involved in a chain shift can be ordered into a chain in such a way that, after the change is complete, each phoneme ends up… …
2Chain drive — Roller chain and sprocket Mack AC delivery truck at the Petersen Automotive Museum with chain drive visible Chain drive is a way of transmitting mecha …
3Chain Weighted CPI — An alternative measurement for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), removing the biases associated with new products, changes in quality and discounted prices. The chain weighted CPI incorporates the average changes in the quantity of goods purchased …
4High German consonant shift — High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow) and Dutch. The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines, are marked in black. In historical linguistics, the High… …
5Northern cities vowel shift — Three isoglosses identifying the NCVS. In the brown areas /ʌ/ is more retracted than /ɑ/. The blue line encloses areas in which /ɛ/ is backed. The red line encloses area …
6Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain — The Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain is composed of the Hawaiian Ridge, consisting of the islands of the Hawaiian chain northwest to Kure Atoll, and the Emperor Seamounts, a vast underwater mountain region of islands and intervening seamounts,… …
7Great Vowel Shift — The Great Vowel Shift was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] The Great Vowel Shift was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), a Danish linguist and Anglicist, who …
8Vowel shift — A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language.The best known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century.Other examples of ongoing vowel shifts are… …
9Cunningham chain — In mathematics, a Cunningham chain is a certain sequence of prime numbers. Cunningham chains are named after mathematician A. J. C. Cunningham. They are also called chains of nearly doubled primes. A Cunningham chain of the first kind of length n …
10Reality shift — This article is about purported anomalies in physical, spatial, or temporal reality, from a theoretical perspective. For illusory reality distortions caused by mental disorders, see hallucinations. Reality shift is a term used by proponents of… …
