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  2. Ellipsis (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, ellipsis (from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis) 'omission') or an elliptical construction is the omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements. There are numerous distinct types of ellipsis acknowledged in theoretical syntax.

  3. Engineering, procurement, and construction - Wikipedia

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    The EPC contractor coordinates all design, procurement and construction work and ensures that the whole project is completed as required and in time. They may or may not undertake actual site work. EPC companies are often used in large-scale projects, such as power plants, refineries, chemical processing facilities, infrastructure projects, and ...

  4. Lightening holes - Wikipedia

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    Car chassis with lightening holes, circa 1935. Lightening holes became a prominent feature of motor racing in the 1920s and 1930s. Chassis members, suspension components, engine housings and even connecting rods were drilled with a range of holes, of sizes almost as large as the component.

  5. Noun ellipsis - Wikipedia

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    Noun ellipsis (N-ellipsis), also noun phrase ellipsis (NPE), is a mechanism that elides, or appears to elide, part of a noun phrase that can be recovered from context. The mechanism occurs in many languages like English, which uses it less than related languages.

  6. Bridge management system - Wikipedia

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    1. Collection of available data about bridge construction, accessing existing archives; 2. Visual inspection reports about structure geometry and bridge elements conditions; 3. Risk classification of the structure in one of the five attention classes, i.e., low, medium-low, medium, medium-high, and high; 4.

  7. Ellipsoidal coordinates - Wikipedia

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    An alternative parametrization exists that closely follows the angular parametrization of spherical coordinates: [1] = ⁡ ⁡, = ⁡ ⁡, = ⁡. Here, > parametrizes the concentric ellipsoids around the origin and [,] and [,] are the usual polar and azimuthal angles of spherical coordinates, respectively.

  8. Front-end engineering - Wikipedia

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    A basic engineering discipline is determining materials of construction, material compatibility etc. Standards and guidelines – every industry has standards and guidelines, and many industries are regulated. Any equipment, production facilities, manufacturing lines etc. developed for these industries must meet these standards and regulations ...

  9. Ellipsograph - Wikipedia

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    The motion of the rod is termed elliptical motion. The semi-axes a and b of the ellipses have lengths equal to the distances from the point on the rod to each of the two pivots. The straight lines described by the pivots are special cases of an ellipse, where the length of one axis is twice the distance between the pivots and that of the other ...