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  2. Glossary of motion picture terms - Wikipedia

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    A type of split edit in which the picture cuts before the audio, such that the audio of the preceding shot or scene overlaps the picture from the following scene; i.e. the audio of the previous scene (often dialogue or narration) continues to play over the beginning of the next scene before cutting or fading. leading actor leitmotif lens flare ...

  3. Wikipedia:Language learning centre/Word list - Wikipedia

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    Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.

  4. Photo editing - Wikipedia

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    Photo editing can refer to: Image editing techniques applied to photographs; Photo manipulation, the use of image editing to create an illusion or deception; See also

  5. List of Chinese inventions - Wikipedia

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    Bomb: The first accounts of bombs made of cast iron shells packed with explosive gunpowder—as opposed to earlier types of casings—were written in the 13th century in China. [72] The term was coined for this bomb (i.e. "thunder-crash bomb") during a Jin dynasty (1115–1234) naval battle of 1231 against the Mongols . [ 73 ]

  6. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    The spar torpedo consists of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat. The weapon is used by running the end of the spar into the enemy ship. Spar torpedoes were often equipped with a barbed spear at the end, so it would stick to wooden hulls. A fuse could then be used to detonate it.

  7. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates - Wikipedia

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    If there's a free image of her in costume/in character that'd be even better! I've done a Flickr search, there's not much. A crop of File:Scarlett Johansson by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg might be higher-resolution than the current image and is from a Black Widow-related event. (The current image might also be from a Black Widow-related appearance, but ...

  8. Modernism - Wikipedia

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    With this usage goes the idea that the ideology of modernism was significantly re-shaped by the events of World War II, especially the Holocaust and the dropping of the atom bomb. [ 157 ] The post-war period left the capitals of Europe in upheaval, with an urgency to economically and physically rebuild and to politically regroup.

  9. California Environmental Quality Act - Wikipedia

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    The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.