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  • 1social change — ▪ sociology Introduction       in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behaviour, social organizations, or value systems.       Throughout the historical… …

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  • 2economic growth — Process by which a nation s wealth increases over time. The most widely used measure of economic growth is the real rate of growth in a country s total output of goods and services (gauged by the gross domestic product adjusted for inflation, or… …

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  • 3Eye movement in music reading — skills. A central aspect of music reading is the sequence of alternating saccades and fixations, as it is for most oculomotor tasks. Saccades are the rapid ‘flicks’ that move the eyes from location to location over a music score. Saccades are… …

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  • 4formation flying — ▪ aviation       two or more aircraft traveling and maneuvering together in a disciplined, synchronized, predetermined manner. In a tight formation, such as is typically seen at an air show, aircraft may fly less than three feet (one metre) apart …

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  • 5machine — machine, mechanism, machinery, apparatus, engine, motor are comparable especially when they denote a device or system by which energy can be converted into useful work. Machine is at once the most fundamental of these terms and the most varied in …

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  • 6Spread spectrum — Passband modulation v · d · e Analog modulation AM · …

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  • 7Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …

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  • 8Professional wrestling — For the Olympic sport, see Wrestling. For other uses, see Professional wrestling (disambiguation). Professional wrestling A professional wrestling match. Two wrestlers grapple in a wrestling ring while a referee (in white, right) looks on …

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  • 9radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …

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  • 10List of circle kick variants — Circle kick is the most common game played with a footbag, and it is the game people usually refer to when they talk about hacking the sack or hacky sack . Players stand in a circle, do tricks with the footbag, and keep it moving around the… …

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