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  2. Coincidence rangefinder - Wikipedia

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    Coincidence rangefinders were important elements of fire control systems for long-range naval guns and land-based coastal artillery circa 1890–1960. They were also used in rangefinder cameras. A stereoscopic rangefinder looks similar, but has two eyepieces and uses a different principle, based on binocular vision. The two can normally be ...

  3. Fitts's law - Wikipedia

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    The law predicts that the time required to rapidly move to a target area is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target. [1] Fitts's law is used to model the act of pointing , either by physically touching an object with a hand or finger, or virtually, by pointing to an object on a computer monitor ...

  4. Point shooting - Wikipedia

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    Side view of handgun point shooting position. Point shooting (also known as target-[1] or threat-focused shooting, [2] intuitive shooting, instinctive shooting, subconscious tactical shooting, or hipfiring) is a practical shooting method where the shooter points a ranged weapon (typically a repeating firearm) at a target without relying on the use of sights to aim.

  5. Touch typing - Wikipedia

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    Competitive typist Albert Tangora demonstrating his typing in 1938. Touch typing (also called blind typing, or touch keyboarding) is a style of typing.Although the phrase refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys—specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory—the term is often used to refer to a specific form of touch ...

  6. The Science Behind the Incredible Long-Term Memory of ... - AOL

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    Time and distance do not seem to impact their memories, indicating excellent long-term retention. Because elephants can live for 60 years in the wild, this leads to an incredible build-up of ...

  7. Proportional navigation - Wikipedia

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    It is based on the fact that two vehicles are on a collision course when their direct line-of-sight does not change direction as the range closes. PN dictates that the missile velocity vector should rotate at a rate proportional to the rotation rate of the line of sight (Line-Of-Sight rate or LOS-rate), and in the same direction.

  8. 106 of Netflix's original romantic films, ranked from worst ...

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    Here's how popular rom-coms and romantic dramas like "The Half of It," "The Kissing Booth 2," and "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" stack up.

  9. Aimpoint CompM4 - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Army's newest version of the M68 Close Combat Optic (CCO) is the Aimpoint CompM4. The shooter's end of the CompM4 with the power control knob An M4 carbine with a Picatinny rail system on the upper receiver and four-sided handguard, showing a GPS-02 "Grip Pod", a type of vertical grip that has a deployable bipod inside the handle and an M68 CCO optical sight C7NLD assault rifle with ...