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  2. Tile - Wikipedia

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    Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex or mosaics. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, cork, concrete and other composite materials, and stone. Tiling stone ...

  3. Tile art - Wikipedia

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    Printed Tile Art. Tile art is a small arrangement of tiles, or in some cases a single tile, with a painted pattern or image on top. Tile art includes other forms of tile-based art, such as mosaics, micromosaics, and stained glass. [1] Unlike mosaics, tile art can include larger pieces of tiles that are pre-decorated.

  4. Tile drainage - Wikipedia

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    The installation of the tiles or tile line can involve a trencher (Ditch Witch), a mole plough, a backhoe, or other heavy equipment. Soil type greatly affects the efficacy of tile systems, and dictates the extent to which the area must be tiled to ensure sufficient drainage.

  5. Niki de Saint Phalle - Wikipedia

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    Around 1983, Saint Phalle decided to cover her Tarot Garden sculptures primarily in durable ceramic colored tiles, adding shards of mirrors and glass, and polished stones. [13] Menon helped her recruit Venera Finocchiaro, a ceramics teacher from Rome; she taught local women new techniques for molding ceramic pieces to curved surfaces and ...

  6. 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station - Wikipedia

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    The walls of the station contain yellow tile bands [88] with darker yellow borders. [89] Since 14th Street is an express station, it originally had a wider tile band than local stations. [89] The tile colors are intended to help riders identify their station more easily, part of a color-coded tile system for the entire Independent Subway System.

  7. Cathode-ray tube - Wikipedia

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    [203] [204] [144] Alternatively, the x-ray shielding may instead be built into the clip. [205] The flyback transformer is also known as an IHVT (Integrated High Voltage Transformer) if it includes a voltage multiplier. The flyback uses a ceramic or powdered iron core to enable efficient operation at high frequencies.

  8. Sarah Sze - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Sze (/ ˈ z iː /; born 1969) is an American artist and professor of visual arts at Columbia University. [1] Sze's work explores the role of technology, information, and memory with objects in contemporary life utilizing everyday materials. [2]

  9. Detroit People Mover - Wikipedia

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    The Detroit People Mover (DPM) is a 2.94-mile (4.73 km) elevated automated people mover system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. [3] The system operates in a one-way loop on a single track encircling downtown Detroit, using Intermediate Capacity Transit System linear induction motor technology developed by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation.