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  2. Grand design spiral galaxy - Wikipedia

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    A grand design spiral galaxy is a type of spiral galaxy with prominent and well-defined spiral arms, as opposed to multi-arm and flocculent spirals which have subtler structural features. The spiral arms of a grand design galaxy extend clearly around the galaxy through many radians and can be observed over a large fraction of the galaxy's radius.

  3. Galactic disc - Wikipedia

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    The surface brightness radial profile of the galactic disc of a typical disc galaxy (viewed face-on) roughly follows an exponential function: = ⁡ [],where is the galaxy's central brightness and is the scale length. [2]

  4. Mirrors and Reflections - Wikipedia

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    The second part introduces the definitions of reflection systems and reflection groups, the special case of dihedral groups, and root systems. [2] [3] Part III of the book concerns Coxeter complexes, and uses them as the basis for some group theory of reflection groups, including their length functions and parabolic subgroups.

  5. Grand Design - Wikipedia

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    Grand design spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy; Program for Action, or Grand Design, a former New York City Subway expansion plan; Grand Design, the project to integrate the Louvre Palace and Tuileries Palace in Paris, France; Groot Desseyn, the Dutch West India Company's plan to seize the Iberian Union's possessions in Africa and the Americas

  6. Exploded-view drawing - Wikipedia

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    An exploded-view drawing is a diagram, picture, schematic or technical drawing of an object, that shows the relationship or order of assembly of various parts. [1]It shows the components of an object slightly separated by distance, or suspended in surrounding space in the case of a three-dimensional exploded diagram.

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  9. Reflecting telescope - Wikipedia

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    Reflecting telescopes became extraordinarily popular for astronomy and many famous telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and popular amateur models use this design. In addition, the reflection telescope principle was applied to other electromagnetic wavelengths, and for example, X-ray telescopes also use the reflection principle to ...