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  2. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  3. Tyler Hinman - Wikipedia

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    Tyler Hinman (born November 5, 1984) is an American competitive crossword puzzle solver and constructor and a seven-time winner of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT). He holds the tournament record for youngest champion ever, winning as a 20-year-old in 2005, and he formerly held the record for consecutive titles with five, a feat ...

  4. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    10-20 What is your location? Location Location Location Location 10-21 Call this station by telephone. Call ... by phone Call (...) by Phone Call ... Telephone 10-22 Take no further action last information. Report in person to ... Disregard Disregard 10-23 Stand by until no interference. Arrived at scene Arrived at Scene On scene 10-24

  5. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    Open Location Code is a way of encoding location into a form that is easier to use than showing coordinates in the usual form of latitude and longitude. Plus codes are designed to be used like street addresses and may be especially useful in places where there is no formal system to identify buildings, such as street names, house numbers, and ...

  6. Category:Location codes - Wikipedia

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    Location codes are numeric, alphabetic, or alphanumeric codes that designate a particular place, location, region or landmark. These include ISO 3166 country codes; U.S. FIPS country code, place code, county code and state code; ICAO and IATA airport codes; Amtrak railway station codes

  7. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...

  8. Near-me area network - Wikipedia

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    A near-me area network is a logical grouping of communication devices that are in close physical proximity to each other, but not necessarily connected to the same communication network infrastructure. Thus, two smartphones connected via different mobile carriers may form a near-me area network. [1] [citation needed]

  9. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    close aboard Very near (the ship). close-hauled (of a vessel) Beating as close to the wind direction as possible. clove hitch A bend used to attach a rope to a post or bollard. Also used to finish tying off the foresail. [2] club hauling A maneuver by which a ship drops one of its anchors at high speed in order to turn abruptly. This was ...