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2. Ceiling balloon - Wikipedia

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   A ceiling balloon also called a pilot balloon or pibal, is used by meteorologists to determine the height of the base of clouds above ground level during daylight hours. In the past, and sometimes today, a theodolite was used to track the balloon in order to determine the speed and direction of winds aloft. [ 1 ]

3. French catheter scale - Wikipedia

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   The French scale measures the outer diameter of the catheter, not the size of the internal drainage channel (inner diameter). For instance, a two-way catheter of 20 Fr and a three-way catheter of 20 Fr have the same outer diameter, but the three-way catheter has an additional channel for irrigation, reducing the size of its drainage channel.

4. Superpressure balloon - Wikipedia

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   A super pressure balloon in flight Flight profile of super-pressure balloons versus zero-pressure balloons. A superpressure balloon (SPB) is a style of aerostatic balloon where the volume of the balloon is kept relatively constant in the face of changes in ambient pressure outside the balloon, and the temperature of the contained lifting gas.

5. Fogarty embolectomy catheter - Wikipedia

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   It consists of a hollow tube with an inflatable balloon attached to its tip. The catheter is inserted into the blood vessel through a clot. The balloon is then inflated to extract the clot from the vessel. [2] It is available in different lengths and sizes, and is often colour coded by size. [3]

6. Mylar balloon (geometry) - Wikipedia

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   Perhaps counterintuitively, the surface area of the inflated balloon is less than the surface area of the circular sheets. This is due to physical crimping of the surface, which increases near the rim. "Mylar balloon" is the name for the figure given by W. Paulson, who first investigated the shape. The term was subsequently adopted by other ...

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9. File:Chinese Balloon Size Comparison.svg - Wikipedia

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   English: Estimated size of the 2023 Chinese balloon (variously described in media sources as "3 school buses") compared to the dimensions of a human (1.8 m), an F-22 (18.9 m), and the Statue of Liberty (93 m).