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  2. Ship motions - Wikipedia

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    Ship motions are defined by the six degrees of freedom that a ship, boat, or other watercraft, or indeed any conveyance in a fluid medium, can experience. Reference axes [ edit ]

  3. Six degrees of freedom - Wikipedia

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    Six degrees of freedom also refers to movement in video game-play. First-person shooter (FPS) games generally provide five degrees of freedom: forwards/backwards, slide left/right, up/down (jump/crouch/lie), yaw (turn left/right), and pitch (look up/down). If the game allows leaning control, then some consider it a sixth DOF; however, this may ...

  4. Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "six degrees of separation" is often used as a synonym for the idea of the "small world" phenomenon. [14] However, detractors argue that Milgram's experiment did not demonstrate such a link, [15] and the "six degrees" claim has been decried as an "academic urban myth". [13] [16]

  5. Motion simulator - Wikipedia

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    Values of have been reported to be between 3.6 and 6.7 while values of have been reported to be between 0.75 and 1.9. Thus, the system is overdamped with distinct, real roots. The shorter time constant is 0.1 seconds, while the longer time constant depends on the axis about which the test subject is accelerating (roll, pitch, or yaw).

  6. Ship stability - Wikipedia

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    Generally these Coast Guard rules concern a minimum metacentric height or a minimum righting moment. Because different countries may have different requirements for the minimum metacentric height, most ships are now fitted with stability computers that calculate this distance on the fly based on the cargo or crew loading.

  7. Balance (ability) - Wikipedia

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    A woman demonstrating the ability to balance A waiter balancing wine glasses. Balance in biomechanics, is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway. [1] Sway is the horizontal movement of the centre of gravity even when a person is standing still.

  8. Engine balance - Wikipedia

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    Excessive hammer blow from high slipping speeds was a cause of kinked rails with new North American 4–6–4s and 4–8–4s that followed the 1934 A.A.R. recommendation to balance 40% of the reciprocating weight. [8] Out-of-balance inertia forces in the wheel can cause different vertical oscillations depending on the track stiffness.

  9. Limits of stability - Wikipedia

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    In simpler terms, LoS represents the maximum distance an individual can intentionally sway in any direction without losing balance or needing to take a step. [2] The typical range of stable swaying is approximately 12.5° in the front-back (antero-posterior) direction and 16° in the side-to-side (medio-lateral) direction. [3]