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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. List edge-coloring - Wikipedia

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    In other words, when the list for each edge has length k, no matter which colors are put in each list, a color can be selected from each list so that G is properly colored. The edge choosability , or list edge colorability , list edge chromatic number , or list chromatic index , ch'( G ) of graph G is the least number k such that G is k -edge ...

  4. List coloring - Wikipedia

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    The choosability (or list colorability or list chromatic number) ch(G) of a graph G is the least number k such that G is k-choosable. More generally, for a function f assigning a positive integer f(v) to each vertex v, a graph G is f-choosable (or f-list-colorable) if it has a list coloring no matter how one assigns a list of f(v) colors to ...

  5. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  6. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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  7. Music cipher - Wikipedia

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    While some systems reuse the same seven pitches for multiple letters (e.g., the pitch A can represent the letters A, H, O, or V), [10] most algorithms combine these pitches with other musical attributes to achieve a one-to-one mapping. Perhaps the earliest documented music cipher is found in a manuscript from 1432 called "The Sermon Booklets of ...

  8. Ishihara test - Wikipedia

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    The Ishihara test is a color vision test for detection of red–green color deficiencies.It was named after its designer, Shinobu Ishihara, a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917.

  9. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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    A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.