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  2. Bathroom scale - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 18 November 2020, at 10:03 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  3. Burst error-correcting code - Wikipedia

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    Proof. We need to prove that if you add a burst of length to a codeword (i.e. to a polynomial that is divisible by ()), then the result is not going to be a codeword (i.e. the corresponding polynomial is not divisible by ()).

  4. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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    The balance (also balance scale, beam balance and laboratory balance) was the first mass measuring instrument invented. [1] In its traditional form, it consists of a pivoted horizontal lever with arms of equal length – the beam or tron – and a weighing pan [10] suspended from each arm (hence the plural name "scales " for a

  5. Facility condition index - Wikipedia

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    Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Deficiencies of the Facility(-ies) FCI = ----- Current Replacement Value of the Facility(-ies) The FCI as a tool was first published in 1991 by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).

  6. L'esprit de l'escalier - Wikipedia

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    An older English term that was sometimes used for this meaning is afterwit; it is used, for example, in James Joyce's Ulysses (Chapter 9).. The Yiddish trepverter ("staircase words") [4] and the German loan translation Treppenwitz express the same idea as l'esprit de l'escalier.

  7. Aircraft lavatory - Wikipedia

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    A crewman on board a World War 2 Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington bomber. The container to the right of him is the aircraft's "Elsan" chemical toilet (1939–1941) Early aircraft fitted with a toilet include the 1919 Handley Page Type W, the 1921 DH.29 Doncaster and the 1921 Caproni Ca.60. [1]

  8. Scali family - Wikipedia

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    In July 1326, to honor the visit of the podestat Charles, duke of Calabria, the city borrowed from the Scali and the Amieri companies in excess of 50,000 florins. The city government failed to reimburse in time and both banks collapsed soon after on 4 August 1326.

  9. Altimeter setting - Wikipedia

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    Altimeter setting is the value of the atmospheric pressure used to adjust the scale of a pressure altimeter so that it indicates the height of an aircraft above a known reference surface. [1]