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  2. Light characteristic - Wikipedia

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    A Morse code light is light in which appearances of light of two clearly different durations (dots and dashes) are grouped to represent a character or characters in the Morse Code. For example, "Mo(A)" is a light in which in each period light is shown for a short period (dot) followed by a long period (dash), the Morse Code for "A".

  3. Pangram - Wikipedia

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    An English language pangram being used to demonstrate the Bitstream Vera Sans typeface. The best-known English pangram is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". [1]It has been used since at least the late 19th century [1] and was used by Western Union to test Telex/TWX data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability. [2]

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Very light and delicate leggiero or leggiermente Light or lightly (the different forms of this word, including leggierezza, "lightness", are spelled without the i in modern Italian, i.e. leggero, leggerissimo, leggermente, leggerezza.) leidenschaftlich(er) (Ger.) (More) passionately lent (Fr.) Slow lentando Gradual slowing and softer lentissimo ...

  5. Jiffy (time) - Wikipedia

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    In astrophysics and quantum physics a jiffy is, as defined by Edward R. Harrison, [13] the time it takes for light to travel one fermi, which is approximately the size of a nucleon. One fermi is 10 −15 m, so a jiffy is about 3 × 10 −24 s. It has also more informally been defined as "one light-foot", which is equal to approximately one ...

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).

  7. Miss Polly Had a Dolly - Wikipedia

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    So she called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick. The doctor came with his bag and his hat, And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat. He looked at the dolly and he shook his head. And he said, "Miss Molly, put her straight to bed." He wrote on the paper for a pill, pill, pill. "I'll be back in the morning with the bill, bill, bill."

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  9. Light verb - Wikipedia

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    The light verb loses its own independent meaning and instead "lends a certain shade of meaning" [9] to the main or stem verb, which "comprises the lexical core of the compound". [10] While any verb can act as a main verb, there is a limited set of productive light verbs. [ 11 ]