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  2. Kata - Wikipedia

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    Kata originally were teaching and training methods by which successful combat techniques were preserved and passed on. Practicing kata allowed a company of persons to engage in a struggle using a systematic approach, rather by practicing in a repetitive manner the learner develops the ability to execute those techniques and movements in a natural, reflex-like manner.

  3. Lateral earth pressure - Wikipedia

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    An example of lateral earth pressure overturning a retaining wall. The lateral earth pressure is the pressure that soil exerts in the horizontal direction. It is important because it affects the consolidation behavior and strength of the soil and because it is considered in the design of geotechnical engineering structures such as retaining walls, basements, tunnels, deep foundations and ...

  4. Passive radar - Wikipedia

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    Passive radar (also referred to as parasitic radar, passive coherent location, passive surveillance, and passive covert radar) is a class of radar systems that detect and track objects by processing reflections from non-cooperative sources of illumination in the environment, such as commercial broadcast and communications signals.

  5. Perajurit Tanah Air - Wikipedia

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    "Perajurit Tanah Air" ("Soldiers of the Motherland"), also known by its incipit "Inilah Barisan Kita" ("Here We Are Standing United"), is a Malaysian patriotic song composed by Indonesian musician Saiful Bahri, who composed various state songs of Malaysia. The song extols soldiers' readiness to fight and die.

  6. Butet Manurung - Wikipedia

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    Butet Manurung or Saur Marlina Manurung (born in Jakarta, February 21, 1972) is a pioneer for alternative education for indigenous people in isolated and remote areas in Indonesia.

  7. Intransitive verb - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb, aside from an auxiliary verb, whose context does not entail a transitive object.That lack of an object distinguishes intransitive verbs from transitive verbs, which entail one or more objects.

  8. Stative verb - Wikipedia

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    According to some linguistics theories, a stative verb is a verb that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb, which describes an action.The difference can be categorized by saying that stative verbs describe situations that are static, or unchanging throughout their entire duration, whereas dynamic verbs describe processes that entail change over time. [1]

  9. Transitive verb - Wikipedia

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    Jugyō が ga 始まる 。 hajimaru. 授業 が 始まる 。 Jugyō ga hajimaru. The class starts. 先生 Sensei が ga 授業 jugyō を o 始める 。 hajimeru. 先生 が 授業 を 始める 。 Sensei ga jugyō o hajimeru. The teacher starts the class. However, the definition of transitive verbs as those with one object is not universal, and is not used in grammars of many languages ...