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In 499 AD Aryabhata, a great mathematician-astronomer from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy, used this method in the Aryabhatiya (section 2.8). This yields as a special case the well-known formula for the area of a triangle , by considering a triangle as a degenerate trapezoid in which one of the parallel sides has ...
Comparisons of "trapezium" in both British and American English. Trapezium, plural trapezia, may refer to: . Trapezium, in British and other forms of English, a trapezoid, a quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides
The Trapezium or Orion Trapezium Cluster, also known by its Bayer designation of Theta 1 Orionis (θ 1 Orionis), is a tight open cluster of stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula, in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered by Galileo Galilei. On 4 February 1617 he sketched three of the stars (A, C and D), but missed the surrounding ...
Dikir barat, [a] dikir hulu [b] or lebe ulu [1] is a musical form, native to the northeastern coastal region of Malay Peninsula, [2] that involves singing in groups—often in a competitive setting. Dikir barat may be performed either with a percussion instrumental accompaniment , or with no instruments at all.
Any non-self-crossing quadrilateral with exactly one axis of symmetry must be either an isosceles trapezoid or a kite. [5] However, if crossings are allowed, the set of symmetric quadrilaterals must be expanded to include also the crossed isosceles trapezoids, crossed quadrilaterals in which the crossed sides are of equal length and the other sides are parallel, and the antiparallelograms ...
But in the United States, the song received heavy airplay, and enabled it to reach No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. [6] Due to the exposure, the song was re-released in the UK that same month; this time it became a hit, equaling the US peak of No. 4 in September. [7]
"Singapore" (in Japanese: "夢のシンガポール", [1] also known as "Singapore Dreams") was the second single from 2 Plus 1's first international album Easy Come, Easy Go, and the band's first single released in Japan. The song was met with modest success in Japan and has become one of 2 Plus 1's most popular songs.
Succinctly, a B-side selection became referred to as "minus-one" because the lead vocal track is subtracted from the A-Side song's original mix. The Minus-One is the patented name of the karaoke machine invented by Filipino business executive Roberto del Rosario in 1975. [ 4 ]