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  2. Union Mondiale de Billard - Wikipedia

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    Old logo until 2016. The organization was founded in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 1959, and is dedicated to promoting the modern carom billiards games. However, the actual founding of the World Federation took place in 1923 under the name "Union Internationale des Fédérations des Amateurs de Billard" (UIFAB).

  3. Cushion - Wikipedia

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    A cushion is a soft bag of some ornamental material, usually stuffed with wool, hair, feathers, polyester staple fiber, non-woven material, cotton, or even paper torn into fragments. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch. [ 1 ]

  4. Metaphrase - Wikipedia

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    Metaphrase is a term referring to literal translation, i.e., "word by word and line by line" [1] translation.In everyday usage, metaphrase means literalism; however, metaphrase is also the translation of poetry into prose. [2]

  5. Whiplash (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Whiplash, whose formal term is whiplash associated disorders (WAD), is a range of injuries to the neck caused by or related to a sudden distortion of the neck [1] associated with extension, [2] although the exact injury mechanisms remain unknown.

  6. Jatropha curcas - Wikipedia

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    Jatropha curcas is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to the American tropics, most likely Mexico and Central America. [2] It is originally native to the tropical areas of the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, and has been spread throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, becoming naturalized or invasive in many ...

  7. Infundibulum (heart) - Wikipedia

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    The infundibulum (also known as conus arteriosus) is a conical pouch formed from the upper and left angle of the right ventricle in the chordate heart, from which the pulmonary trunk arises.