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  2. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    A percentage over 80 is considered excellent; between 60 and 80 is considered to be 'first division'; between 40 and 60 is considered to be 'second division'. The Percentage System works as follows: the maximum number of marks possible is 100, the minimum is 0, and the minimum number of marks required to pass is 35.

  3. decimal64 floating-point format - Wikipedia

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    decimal64 fits well to replace binary64 format in applications where 'small deviations' are unwanted and speed isn't extremely crucial. In contrast to the binaryxxx data formats the decimalxxx formats provide exact representation of decimal fractions, exact calculations with them and enable human common 'ties away from zero' rounding (in some range, to some precision, to some degree).

  4. Unified Thread Standard - Wikipedia

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    The standard designation for a UTS thread is a number indicating the nominal (major) diameter of the thread, followed by the pitch measured in threads per inch.For diameters smaller than ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ inch, the diameter is indicated by an integer number defined in the standard; for all other diameters, the inch figure is given.

  5. Acid dissociation constant - Wikipedia

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    In the example shown at the right, the pK a value rises steeply with increasing percentage of dioxane as the dielectric constant of the mixture is decreasing. A pK a value obtained in a mixed solvent cannot be used directly for aqueous solutions. The reason for this is that when the solvent is in its standard state its activity is defined as one.

  6. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    The Hatter's hat shows an example of the old pre-decimal notation: the hat costs 10/6 (ten shillings and sixpence, a half guinea). Before decimalisation in 1971, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound. The symbol for the shilling was "s."

  7. LGBTQ demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    As a percentage of all US adults, 3.1% identify as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian, and 0.6% as transgender. [ 63 ] According to a 2021 report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), "at least 20 million adults in the United States could be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people."

  8. Science - Wikipedia

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    Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. [1] [2] Modern science is typically divided into two or three major branches: [3] the natural sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; and the behavioural sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology ...