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  2. Orientation (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In general the position and orientation in space of a rigid body are defined as the position and orientation, relative to the main reference frame, of another reference frame, which is fixed relative to the body, and hence translates and rotates with it (the body's local reference frame, or local coordinate system). At least three independent ...

  3. Weapon mount - Wikipedia

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    A swing mount is a fixed mount that allows a far greater and more flexible arc of fire than the simple pintle mount system. Utilising a system of one or two articulated arms the gunner can swing the weapon through a wide arc even though the gunner's position is fixed relative to the mount.

  4. Position resection and intersection - Wikipedia

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    Position resection and intersection are methods for determining an unknown geographic position (position finding) by measuring angles with respect to known positions.In resection, the one point with unknown coordinates is occupied and sightings are taken to the known points; in intersection, the two points with known coordinates are occupied and sightings are taken to the unknown point.

  5. Coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In geometry and kinematics, coordinate systems are used to describe the (linear) position of points and the angular position of axes, planes, and rigid bodies. [16] In the latter case, the orientation of a second (typically referred to as "local") coordinate system, fixed to the node, is defined based on the first (typically referred to as ...

  6. Probability distribution - Wikipedia

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    A special case is the discrete distribution of a random variable that can take on only one fixed value; in other words, it is a deterministic distribution. Expressed formally, the random variable X {\displaystyle X} has a one-point distribution if it has a possible outcome x {\displaystyle x} such that P ( X = x ) = 1. {\displaystyle P(X{=}x)=1 ...

  7. Location parameter - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, a location parameter of a probability distribution is a scalar- or vector-valued parameter, which determines the "location" or shift of the distribution.In the literature of location parameter estimation, the probability distributions with such parameter are found to be formally defined in one of the following equivalent ways:

  8. Should you throw out your black plastic cooking utensils? - AOL

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    Now, there’s a development in the story: As the National Post reports, the researchers made a miscalculation when crunching the data, suggesting that the findings aren’t as bad as they ...

  9. Probability interpretations - Wikipedia

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    Propensities, or chances, are not relative frequencies, but purported causes of the observed stable relative frequencies. Propensities are invoked to explain why repeating a certain kind of experiment will generate given outcome types at persistent rates, which are known as propensities or chances.