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Stanine (STAndard NINE) is a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a mean of five and a standard deviation of two. Some web sources attribute stanines to the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II .
HRTEM image of sample showing hexagonal lattice. The inset on the bottom left shows the EDAX spectrum from the same spot. Carbon and copper peaks arises from the TEM grid used.
The English Pronouncing Dictionary (EPD) was created by the British phonetician Daniel Jones and was first published in 1917. [1] It originally comprised over 50,000 headwords listed in their spelling form, each of which was given one or more pronunciations transcribed using a set of phonemic symbols based on a standard accent.
Since this style of dagger was usually made en suite with a cup-hilted rapier, the decoration of the knuckleguard tended to reflect that of the cup of the rapier. The edges of the guard are usually turned over toward the outside, possibly to trap the point of the opponent's blade and prevent it from slipping into the defender's hand.
The text states that the length of each stanine is 0.35 stdev (except the 1st and 9th) Running some number sin an spreedsheet shows this does not line up with the percentages given. To get something that looks like the percentages given it looks like a spacing of 0.5 stdev is needed. Can someone confirm this is the definition of a stanine.
Strine, also spelled Stryne (/ ˈ s t r aɪ n /), is Australian slang for a broad Australian English accent. Someone who speaks Strine is called an Ocker.In contemporary Australian spoken English, the term Strine is being replaced by Strayan, a word gaining traction in more recent years (although Strine is still used among some populations).
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Stannane / ˈ s t æ n eɪ n / or tin hydride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Sn H 4.It is a colourless gas and the tin analogue of methane.Stannane can be prepared by the reaction of SnCl 4 and Li[AlH 4].