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  2. Quarter mile - Wikipedia

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    Quarter-mile or 1 ⁄ 4 mile may refer to: A dragstrip competition or vehicle test in motorsport, where cars or motorcycles compete for the shortest time from a standing start to the end of a straight 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) track; The 440-yard dash, a sprint footrace in track and field competition on a 440 yards (1,320 ft; 400 m; 0.25 mi) oval

  3. Ordinal numeral - Wikipedia

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    When speaking the numbers in fractions, the spatial/chronological numbering system is used for denominators larger than 2 (2 as the denominator of a fraction is "half" rather than "second"), with a denominator of 4 sometimes spoken as "quarter" rather than "fourth".

  4. 440-yard dash - Wikipedia

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    The 440-yard dash, or quarter-mile race, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. In many countries, athletes compete in the 440 yard dash (402.336 m) – which corresponds to a quarter mile.

  5. Secretariat (horse) - Wikipedia

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    The successive quarter-mile times were :25 1 ⁄ 5, :24, :23 4 ⁄ 5, :23 2 ⁄ 5, and :23. [32] This means he was still accelerating as of the final quarter-mile of the race. [ 21 ] No other horse had won the Derby in less than 2 minutes before, and it would not be accomplished again until Monarchos ran the race in 1:59.97 in 2001.

  6. How Many Steps Are in a Mile—and Why That Even Matters - AOL

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    "When running, this number decreases because stride length tends to get longer, and a 10 minute mile typically translates to about 1,500 steps," says Dr. Brough. Why Knowing How Many Steps Are in ...

  7. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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    One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square-chain (2 ha) area. This ...

  8. Inside the mile-long factory line where America's F-35 ... - AOL

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    Inside the mile-long factory line where America's F-35 stealth fighter jets are made. ... The largest F-35 final assembly facility is in Fort Worth, but there's a smaller plant in Italy and ...

  9. Dragstrip - Wikipedia

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    Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.