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101Warez — Not to be confused with Juárez. Demonstration in Sweden in support of file sharing, 2006 …
102Singular value decomposition — Visualization of the SVD of a 2 dimensional, real shearing matrix M. First, we see the unit disc in blue together with the two canonical unit vectors. We then see the action of M, which distorts the disk to an ellipse. The SVD decomposes M into… …
103Bicycle wheel — For the Marcel Duchamp installation, see Bicycle Wheel. The front wheel from a racing bicycle made using a Mavic rim …
104HD Radio — HD Radio, which originally stood for Hybrid Digital , is the trademark for iBiquity s in band on channel (IBOC) digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their… …
105Cross-linked polyethylene — PEX redirects here. For other uses, see Pex (disambiguation). Cross linked polyethylene, commonly abbreviated PEX or XLPE, is a form of polyethylene with cross links. It is formed into tubing, and is used predominantly in hydronic radiant heating …
106Glass-to-metal seal — Glass to metal seals are a very important element of the construction of vacuum tubes, electric discharge tubes, incandescent light bulbs, glass encapsulated semiconductor diodes, reed switches, pressure tight glass windows in metal cases, and… …
107TRX450r — The TRX 450R is high performance All terrain vehicle manufactured by Honda powersports. First introduced in late 2003 for the 2004 model year. Its only other competitor at the time of its introduction was the Yamaha YFZ450. IntroductionThe Honda… …
108fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Cf. reactor (def. 4). * * * Introduction also called fusion power plant or thermonuclear reactor a device to produce electrical power from the energy released in a nuclear… …
109supersonic diffuser — A diffuser designed to reduce the velocity and increase the pressure of fluid moving at supersonic velocities. Air enters at a velocity greater than the speed of sound, is decelerated in a contracting section, and reaches sonic speed at the… …
110Alkane — Not to be confused with Alkene or Alkyne. Chemical structure of methane, the simplest alkane Alkanes (also known as paraffins or saturated hydrocarbons) are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and are bonded… …
