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  2. Distance fog - Wikipedia

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    Distance fog is a technique used in 3D computer graphics to enhance the perception of distance by shading distant objects differently. [1] Because many of the shapes in graphical environments are relatively simple, and complex shadows are difficult to render , many graphics engines employ a " fog " gradient so objects further from the camera ...

  3. Cloud - Wikipedia

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    Weather. In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. [ 1] Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the ...

  4. Radar - Wikipedia

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    Distance may also be measured as a function of time. The radar mile is the time it takes for a radar pulse to travel one nautical mile , reflect off a target, and return to the radar antenna. Since a nautical mile is defined as 1,852 m, then dividing this distance by the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s), and then multiplying the result by 2 ...

  5. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Tamil units of measurement is a system of measurements that was traditionally used in ancient Tamil -speaking parts of South India . These ancient measurement systems spanned systems of counting, distances, volumes, time, weight as well as tools used to do so. While modern India uses the metric system International System of Units (Tamil ...

  6. Jog Falls - Wikipedia

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    flow rate. 153 m 3 /s (5,400 cu ft/s) Jog Falls[ 6] is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in Siddapur taluk, [ 7] Uttara Kannada District [ 8] and its view point, entry for vehicles and the source of water is located in Sagara taluk, Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. [ 9] It is the second highest plunge waterfall in India. [ 10]

  7. Madurai - Wikipedia

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    According to Iravatham Mahadevan, a 2nd-century BCE Tamil-Brahmi inscription refers to the city as matiray, an Old Tamil word meaning a "walled city". [18]Madurai is one of the many temple towns known for Arshad in the state which is named after the groves, clusters or forests dominated by a particular variety of a tree or shrub and the same variety of tree or shrub sheltering the presiding deity.

  8. Visibility - Wikipedia

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    The international definition of fog is a visibility of less than 1 km (3,300 ft); mist is a visibility of between 1 km (0.62 mi) and 2 km (1.2 mi) and haze from 2 km (1.2 mi) to 5 km (3.1 mi). Fog and mist are generally assumed to be composed principally of water droplets, haze and smoke can be of smaller particle size.

  9. Edge computing - Wikipedia

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    Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. More broadly, it refers to any design that pushes computation physically closer to a user, so as to reduce the latency compared to when an application runs on a centralized data centre.