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  2. New York City Subway tiles - Wikipedia

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    The tiles used in the Independent Subway System (IND) are very simple and austere, and usually are only of four colors: white, black, and the station-specific band and border colors of the tile. Instead of using the serif and sans-serif fonts of the IRT and BMT, the IND used a blocky geometric font, an altered version of the previous sans-serif ...

  3. Transit map - Wikipedia

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    Metro maps, subway maps, or tube maps of metropolitan railways are some common examples. The primary function of a transit map is to facilitating the passengers' orientation and navigation, helping them to efficiently use the public transport system and identify which stations function as interchange between lines.

  4. Hess triangle - Wikipedia

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    Triangle detail Location of the triangle, outside the Village Cigars shop and the Christopher Street–Sheridan Square station of the New York City Subway.The triangle can be seen on the sidewalk toward the left side of the photo.

  5. Tactile paving - Wikipedia

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    A set of yellow truncated domes on the down-ramp in a parking lot. Tactile paving (also called tenji blocks, truncated domes, detectable warnings, tactile tiles, tactile ground surface indicators, tactile walking surface indicators, or detectable warning surfaces) is a system of textured ground surface indicators found at roadsides (such as at curb cuts), by and on stairs, and on railway ...

  6. Architecture of the Paris Métro - Wikipedia

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    Tile in poor condition, the remaining carrossages, and the orange tile of the Mouton stations, is replaced with fresh beveled white tile. In many stations, retiling has been followed by the installation of sub-surface drains to control future water infiltrations, the source of unsightly hard-water stains on the ceiling and sides of the vaults ...

  7. Psychology - Wikipedia

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    Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [1] [2] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social ...

  8. Mind the gap - Wikipedia

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    Various decals in Toronto's subway system remind passengers to 'Mind the Gap.' The older design standard is shown on the right, with the newer 'Mind the Gap' design standard to the left and on the platform itself, at centre. In early 2009 the phrase was also being used on Metro Transit (King County) buses in and around Seattle, Washington. [9]

  9. Metapsychology - Wikipedia

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    The term is used mostly in discourse about psychoanalysis, the psychology developed by Sigmund Freud. In general, his metapsychology represents a technical elaboration of his structural model of the psyche , [ 3 ] which divides the organism into three instances: the id is considered the germ from which the ego and the superego emerge.