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  2. Spike (stagecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Spike tape may also be fluorescent (in which case it is made of plastic or vinyl rather than cotton) so that it can be easily seen by the running crews moving set pieces during a dark scene change. This is usually referred to as "glow tape" or "glo-tape". Glow tape is notoriously less sticky than spike tape and may be additionally held down to ...

  3. Gaffer tape - Wikipedia

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    Gaffer tape (also known as gaffer's tape, gaff tape or gaffa tape [1] as well as spike tape for narrow, colored gaffer tape) is a heavy cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive and tensile properties. It is widely used in theatre, photography, film, radio and television production, and industrial staging work.

  4. Wikipedia:WikiProject Stagecraft/Terminology/List of theatre ...

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    Parascenium: in a Greek theatre, the wall on either side of the stage, reaching from the back wall to the orchestra. Parquet: ground floor of a theatre, often main seating section, directly in front of the stage. Part: a character; the portion of the script intended for one character. Parterre: the upper part of the main seating. Usually behind ...

  5. Glossary of theater terms - Wikipedia

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    Auditorium: The portion of a theater which contains the audience seating. [2] Avant-garde: Experimental or innovative works or people, derived from the French. [2] Balcony: An elevated portion of seating in the back of the auditorium. [1] Curtain Call: At the end of a live performance the cast will come out and do a bow while the audience ...

  6. Tape measure - Wikipedia

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    Tape measures are often designed for specific uses or trades. Tapes may have different scales, be made of different materials, and be of different lengths depending on the intended use. Tape measures used in tailoring are called "sewing tape". Originally made from flexible cloth or plastic, fiberglass is now the preferred material due to its ...

  7. Psychometrics - Wikipedia

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    Measurement in psychology and physics are in no sense different. Physicists can measure when they can find the operations by which they may meet the necessary criteria; psychologists have to do the same. They need not worry about the mysterious differences between the meaning of measurement in the two sciences (Reese, 1943, p. 49). [9]

  8. Spike-triggered average - Wikipedia

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    The spike-triggered averaging (STA) is a tool for characterizing the response properties of a neuron using the spikes emitted in response to a time-varying stimulus. The STA provides an estimate of a neuron's linear receptive field. It is a useful technique for the analysis of electrophysiological data.

  9. Rake (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    This led to the theatre positions "upstage" and "downstage", meaning, respectively, farther from or closer to the audience. The term " upstaging " refers to one actor moving to a more elevated position on the rake (stage), causing the upstaged actor (who stays more downstage, closer to the audience) to turn their back to the audience to address ...