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  2. Glossary of gymnastics terms - Wikipedia

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    Cassina Kovacs straight with 1/1 turn; named after Igor Cassina. Chestroll This skill to bend the back. It is also called a chin stand. Cartwheel The maneuver where one moves sideways, from hands to feet, in a straight line (in the motion that the wheel of a cart would follow), while keeping the back, arms, and legs straight, and the feet pointed.

  3. Phonaesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Phonaesthetics (also spelled phonesthetics in North America) is the study of the beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words.The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by J. R. R. Tolkien, [1] during the mid-20th century and derives from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) 'voice, sound' and αἰσθητική (aisthētikḗ) 'aesthetics'.

  4. History of aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    The experimental inquiry into simple aesthetically pleasing forms was begun by G. T. Fechner in seeking to test the soundness of Adolf Zeising's hypothesis that the most pleasing proportion in dividing a line, say the vertical part of a cross, is the "golden section", where the smaller division is to the larger as the latter to the sum.

  5. Typography - Wikipedia

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    A revolving type case for wooden type in China, an illustration shown in a book published in 1313 by Wang Zhen Korean movable type from 1377 used for the Jikji. Although typically applied to printed, published, broadcast, and reproduced materials in contemporary times, all words, letters, symbols, and numbers written alongside the earliest naturalistic drawings by humans may be called typography.

  6. 50 Printable Pumpkin Carving Stencils To Use as Templates - AOL

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    These 50 printable pumpkin carving templates are ready to inspire you. On each image, click "save image as" and save the JPEGs to your computer desktop. From there, you can print them!

  7. Molecular model - Wikipedia

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    Molecular models may be created for several reasons – as pedagogic tools for students or those unfamiliar with atomistic structures; as objects to generate or test theories (e.g., the structure of DNA); as analogue computers (e.g., for measuring distances and angles in flexible systems); or as aesthetically pleasing objects on the boundary of ...

  8. 60 Cute and Spooky Printable Halloween Pumpkin Stencils - AOL

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    Carve out the letters and illuminate them with a candle as usual or tape-colored construction paper behind T-R-E-A-T-S for a spooky background. Get the Tricks and Treats Pumpkin stencils . Deborah Ory

  9. Mathematical beauty - Wikipedia

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    For example, mathematical beauty arises in a Math Circle activity on symmetry designed for 2nd and 3rd graders, where students create their own snowflakes by folding a square piece of paper and cutting out designs of their choice along the edges of the folded paper. When the paper is unfolded, a symmetrical design reveals itself.