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  2. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    For example, for visible light, the refractive index of glass is typically around 1.5, meaning that light in glass travels at ⁠ c / 1.5 ⁠ ≈ 200 000 km/s (124 000 mi/s); the refractive index of air for visible light is about 1.0003, so the speed of light in air is about 90 km/s (56 mi/s) slower than c.

  3. Centimetre–gram–second system of units - Wikipedia

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    For example, the CGS unit of force is the dyne, which is defined as 1 g⋅cm/s 2, so the SI unit of force, the newton (1 kg⋅m/s 2), is equal to 100 000 dynes. On the other hand, in measurements of electromagnetic phenomena (involving units of charge , electric and magnetic fields, voltage , and so on), converting between CGS and SI is less ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    1 ns: The time needed to execute one machine cycle by a 1 GHz microprocessor 1 ns: The time light takes to travel 30 cm (11.811 in) 10 −6: microsecond: μs One millionth of one second 1 μs: The time needed to execute one machine cycle by an Intel 80186 microprocessor 2.2 μs: The lifetime of a muon

  5. Marburg acute multiple sclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Other diseases in this group are neuromyelitis optica (NMO), Balo concentric sclerosis, and Schilder's disease. [1] The graver course is one form of malignant multiple sclerosis , with patients reaching a significant level of disability in less than five years from their first symptoms, often in a matter of months.

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [113] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [114] 5 cm – usual diameter of a chicken egg; 5 cm – height of a hummingbird, the smallest-known bird; 5.08 cm – 2 inches, 5.5 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm – dimensions of a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube; 6.1 cm – average height of an apple

  7. Speed of gravity - Wikipedia

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    Time: one foot: 1.0 ns: one metre: 3.3 ns: from geostationary orbit to Earth: 119 ms: the length of Earth's equator: 134 ms: from Moon to Earth: 1.3 s: from Sun to Earth (1 AU) 8.3 min: one light year: 1.0 year: one parsec: 3.26 years: from nearest star to Sun (1.3 pc) 4.2 years: from the nearest galaxy (the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy) to Earth ...

  8. Propagation delay - Wikipedia

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    Propagation delay is equal to d / s where d is the distance and s is the wave propagation speed. In wireless communication, s=c, i.e. the speed of light. In copper wire, the speed s generally ranges from .59c to .77c. [3] [4] This delay is the major obstacle in the development of high-speed computers and is called the interconnect bottleneck in ...

  9. Conductivity (electrolytic) - Wikipedia

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    While this is an error, it can often be assumed to be equal to the traditional μS/cm. Often, by typographic limitations μS/cm is expressed as uS/cm. The conversion of conductivity (in μS/cm) to the total dissolved solids (in mg/kg) depends on the chemical composition of the sample and can vary between 0.54 and 0.96.