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  2. Haft-sin - Wikipedia

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    The painting depicts Haft-seen symbols of Nowruz being related to elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and the three life forms of Humans, Animals and Plants. Haft-seen table. Haft Seen or Haft sin ( Persian : هفت‌سین ) is an arrangement of seven symbolic items which names start with the letter " س " (pronounced as "seen"), the 15th ...

  3. Nowruz - Wikipedia

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    Typically, before the arrival of Nowruz, family members gather around the Haft-sin table and await the exact moment of the March equinox to celebrate the New Year. [81] [82] The number 7 and the letter S are related to the seven Ameshasepantas as mentioned in the Zend-Avesta. They relate to the four elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and the ...

  4. Haft sin table - Wikipedia

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  5. Mathematical table - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical tables are lists of numbers showing the results of a calculation with varying arguments.Trigonometric tables were used in ancient Greece and India for applications to astronomy and celestial navigation, and continued to be widely used until electronic calculators became cheap and plentiful in the 1970s, in order to simplify and drastically speed up computation.

  6. List of mineral symbols - Wikipedia

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    These symbols are listed alphabetically in the tables below. The approved listings are compatible with the system used to symbolize the elements, 30 of which occur as minerals. [6] Mineral symbols are most commonly represented by three-lettered text symbols, although one-, two- and four-lettered symbols also exist.

  7. Hebrew diacritics - Wikipedia

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    Gen. 1:9 And God said, "Let the waters be collected". Letters in black, pointing in red, cantillation in blue [1] Hebrew orthography includes three types of diacritics: . Niqqud in Hebrew is the way to indicate vowels, which are omitted in modern orthography, using a set of ancillary glyphs.

  8. Mathematical notation - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical notation consists of using symbols for representing operations, unspecified numbers, relations, and any other mathematical objects and assembling them into expressions and formulas. Mathematical notation is widely used in mathematics , science , and engineering for representing complex concepts and properties in a concise ...

  9. Trigonometric tables - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, tables of trigonometric functions are useful in a number of areas. Before the existence of pocket calculators, trigonometric tables were essential for navigation, science and engineering. The calculation of mathematical tables was an important area of study, which led to the development of the first mechanical computing devices.