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  2. Side-view mirror - Wikipedia

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    Large side mirror from a Honda Ridgeline with vortex generators to reduce wind noise. A side-view mirror (or side mirror), also known as a door mirror and often (in the UK) called a wing mirror, is a mirror placed on the exterior of motor vehicles for the purposes of helping the driver see areas behind and to the sides of the vehicle, outside ...

  3. Vehicle blind spot - Wikipedia

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    A-pillar blind spot. A blind spot in a vehicle or vehicle blind spot is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly seen by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances. [1] In transport, driver visibility is the maximum distance at which the driver of a vehicle can see and identify prominent objects around the vehicle. [2]

  4. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the BEP in Washington, D.C. c. 1918 United States Souvenir Card issued by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the HAPEX APS 70 exhibition and 84th Annual Convention of the American Philatelic Society in 1970. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has its origins in legislation enacted to help fund the Civil War.

  5. Blind spot monitor - Wikipedia

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    This system was first introduced on the 2001 Volvo SCC concept car, then placed into production on the 2003 Volvo XC90 SUV and produced a visible alert when a car entered the blind spot while a driver was switching lanes, using cameras and radar sensors mounted on the door mirror housings to check the blind spot area for an impending collision ...

  6. These hyperreal drawings of trucks look just like photographs ...

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    The drawings are slick with color and detail. In one, a red truck carrying two gleaming gas tanks has stopped at an angle; in the reflection of the mirror-like aluminum, we see the surrounding ...

  7. Michelson interferometer - Wikipedia

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    As shown in Fig. 3a and 3b, the observer has a direct view of mirror M 1 seen through the beam splitter, and sees a reflected image M' 2 of mirror M 2. The fringes can be interpreted as the result of interference between light coming from the two virtual images S' 1 and S' 2 of the original source S. The characteristics of the interference ...

  8. Honda Ridgeline (first generation) - Wikipedia

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    The first generation Ridgeline has a four-wheel independent suspension using upright springs and dampers with MacPherson struts in front and a multi-link trailing arm with twin-tube gas filled hydraulic shocks in the rear providing 7.3 in (18.5 cm) front and 8.2 in (20.8 cm) rear of total wheel travel.

  9. Bird's-eye view - Wikipedia

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    Viewing frustum. v. t. e. A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.