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  2. Finger-counting - Wikipedia

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    A closed palm indicates number 5. By reversing the action, number 6 is indicated by extending the little finger. [8] A return to an open palm signals the number 10. However to indicate numerals to others, the hand is used in the same manner as an English speaker. The index finger becomes number 1; the thumb now represents number 5.

  3. Body language - Wikipedia

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    Body language is a type of nonverbal communication in which physical behaviors, as opposed to words, are used to express or convey information. Such behavior includes facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. Although body language is an important part of communication, most of it happens without ...

  4. Encoding/decoding model of communication - Wikipedia

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    In the process of encoding, the sender (i.e. encoder) uses verbal (e.g. words, signs, images, video) and non-verbal (e.g. body language, hand gestures, face expressions) symbols for which he or she believes the receiver (that is, the decoder) will understand. The symbols can be words and numbers, images, face expressions, signals and/or actions.

  5. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    The Natural Area Code, this is the smallest base such that all of ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ to ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ terminate, a number n is a regular number if and only if ⁠ 1 / n ⁠ terminates in base 30. 32: Duotrigesimal: Found in the Ngiti language. 33: Use of letters (except I, O, Q) with digits in vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong. 34

  6. Source–message–channel–receiver model of communication

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    In this regard, Berlo speaks of the source-encoder and the decoder-receiver. Treating the additional components separately is especially relevant for technical forms of communication. For example, in the case of a telephone conversation, the message is transmitted as an electrical signal and the telephone devices act as encoder and decoder.

  7. Body-part counting system - Wikipedia

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    One such system is the body-part counting system which make use of further body parts to extend the system beyond the ten fingers. [1] Counting typically begins by touching (and usually bending) the fingers of one hand, moves up the arm to the shoulders and neck, and in some systems, to other parts of the upper body or the head.

  8. Chinese number gestures - Wikipedia

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    a common sign for the number one. Chinese number gestures are a method to signify the natural numbers one through ten using one hand. This method may have been developed to bridge the many varieties of Chinese—for example, the numbers 4 (Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì) and 10 (Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) are hard to distinguish in some dialects.

  9. Mark Bowden (English author) - Wikipedia

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    Bowden is a commentator for national [clarification needed] news networks on body language analysis. [10] During US Presidential and Canadian Federal elections and debates, along with subsequent diplomatic meetings, he has commented in the press and on network news on the body language of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Scheer.