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  2. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The meaning is "Russian" in the cultural and historic (Old East Slavic: рускъ, ruskʺ; Old Belarusian: руски, ruski; Russian: русский, russkiy) but not national sense (Russian: россиянин, rossiyánin), a distinction sometimes made by translating the name as "White Ruthenia", although "Ruthenian" has other meanings as well.

  3. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Non-standard: If you're first instinct is "man the USA lucked into the soft side of the bracket" your instinct would be correct. [148] Non-standard: From here, you draft supporting talent, develop that talent, add some veteran free agents, and if your lucky, you're on your way to truly competing. [149] Non-standard: You're mother called this ...

  4. Glossary of military abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...

  5. Cold shrinking - Wikipedia

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    Cold shrinking is mostly done by use of a dolly hammer. [2] The resulting rough surface is filled using a body filler or a body solder for a smoother finish. [3] Cold shrinking is a method of panel beating where heating is not done to the stretched panel. This method is mostly suitable for integral cars with integral body panels such as ...

  6. Glossary of tornado terms - Wikipedia

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    Cold air funnel – (colloquialism) Cold front; Collar cloud; Colorado low; Cool air advection (CAA) Condensation funnel – The area of a funnel cloud or tornado where cloud has condensed. This is not the same thing as a tornado, which is a vortex of wind. Confluence; Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) –

  7. Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit ...

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    The wave of cold air from Siberia and the Arctic region has also swept down over western Russia, with temperatures in Moscow and other areas plummeting to minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 F ...

  8. Effects of climate change - Wikipedia

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    Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...

  9. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    Meaning "to turn sharply; a sharp turn", the preferred spelling differs. Meaning "a great number" is usually slew in all regions. [173] smoulder: smolder: Both spellings go back to the 16th century, and have existed since Middle English. [139] [174] storey, storeys: story, stories: Level of a building.