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  2. List of adhesive tapes - Wikipedia

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    A British brand name, a general-purpose clear home and office tape. The name is often used as a generic term for similar tapes in the UK. Speed tape Used on aircraft, this aluminized tape is designed to remain in place in high winds. Spike This is a marking tape used in the theater, film and television industry to mark areas on a stage for actors.

  3. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Greek word for book was tome, meaning "to cut". The Egyptian Book of the Dead was a massive 200 pages long and was used in funerary services for the deceased. Torah scrolls, editions of first five books of the Old Testament, known as the Israelite (or Hebrew) Bible, were—and still are—also held in special holders when read.

  4. Nūn ġuṇnā - Wikipedia

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    Nūn ġunnā, (Urdu: نُون غُنَّہ; Unicode: U+06BA ں ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA) is an additional letter of the Arabic script not used in the Arabic alphabet itself but used in Urdu, Saraiki, and Shahmukhi Punjabi [1] to represent a nasal vowel, . In Shahmukhi, it is represented by the diacritic ٘ .

  5. Double-sided tape - Wikipedia

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    Double-sided tapes. Double-sided tape is any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides. [1] It is designed to stick two surfaces together, often in a way which is not visible in the end product, due to it being in between the objects rather than overlaying them. This allows for neater-looking projects and better ...

  6. Print-through - Wikipedia

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    The coercivity of the mother tape is higher than that of the copy tape, so when the copy tape is heated and brought into contact with the mother tape, the copy tape gets a mirror image of the signal on the mother tape without the mother tape losing its signal. The recording on the mother tape was a mirror image of a valid video signal.

  7. Odor - Wikipedia

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    Odor concentration refers to an odor's pervasiveness. To measure odor sensation, an odor is diluted to a detection or recognition threshold. The detection threshold is the concentration of an odor in air when 50% of a population can distinguish between the odorous sample and an odor-free reference sample.

  8. Thymol - Wikipedia

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    Thymol (also known as 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, IPMP), C 10 H 14 O, is a natural monoterpenoid phenol derivative of p-Cymene, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted from Thymus vulgaris (common thyme), ajwain, [4] and various other plants as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties.

  9. Copy - Wikipedia

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    Facsimile, a copy or reproduction that is as true to the original source as possible; Replica, a copy closely resembling the original concerning its shape and appearance; Term of art in U.S. copyright law meaning a material object in which a work of authorship has been embodied, such as a book; Copy (command), a shell command on DOS and Windows ...