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  2. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 Kancha = 5 Siki 1 Chhataank = 4 Kancha 1 Chhataank = 5 Bhari 1 Adh-pav = 2 Chhatank = 1/8 Seer 1 Pav = 2 Adh-pav = ¼ Seer (Pav means ¼) The unit pav is still used to this date however, it has been modified to "a fourth of a kilogram". 1 Adher = 2 Pav = ½ Seer In Hindi ½ Seer = Adha (½) Seer, or Adher

  3. 5 - Wikipedia

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    A scale with five notes per octave is called a pentatonic scale. [32] A perfect fifth is the most consonant harmony, and is the basis for most western tuning systems. [33] In harmonics, the fifth partial (or 4th overtone) of a fundamental has a frequency ratio of 5:1 to the frequency of that fundamental. This ratio corresponds to the interval ...

  4. Slide rule scale - Wikipedia

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    Keuffel and Esser 7" slide rule (5" scale, 1954) [1] A slide rule scale is a line with graduated markings inscribed along the length of a slide rule used for mathematical calculations. The earliest such device had a single logarithmic scale for performing multiplication and division, but soon an improved technique was developed which involved ...

  5. Bakhshali manuscript - Wikipedia

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    The sample problems are in verse and the commentary is in prose associated with calculations. The problems involve arithmetic , algebra and geometry , including mensuration . The topics covered include fractions, square roots, arithmetic and geometric progressions , solutions of simple equations, simultaneous linear equations , quadratic ...

  6. Dollar set for big weekly gain as Powell sends yields up ...

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    LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was poised for a big weekly gain on Friday, towering near one-year highs as a hawkish turn from the Federal Reserve chief sent short-term Treasury yields ...

  7. Baudhayana sutras - Wikipedia

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    Olivelle states that Book One and the first sixteen chapters of Book Two are the 'Proto-Baudhayana' [4] even though this section has undergone alteration. Scholars like Bühler and Kane agree that the last two books of the Dharmasūtra are later additions. Chapter 17 and 18 in Book Two lays emphasis on various types of ascetics and acetic ...

  8. US targets 40 firms, research groups for aiding Russian military

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    The entities -- including 13 Russian and 11 Chinese ones, were targeted by the Commerce Department for a host of reasons, including support for Russia's chemical and biological weapons programs ...

  9. College Football Playoff: What matters more — quantity of ...

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    No. 5 Indiana is 10-0 and the best story in the sport outside of Army, but it has defeated no one of substance (the Hoosiers can change that Saturday at No. 2 Ohio State).