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The thickness of items such as paper, film, foil, wires, paint coatings, latex gloves, plastic sheeting, and fibers For example, most plastic ID cards are about 30 thou (0.76 mm) in thickness. Card stock thickness in the United States, where mils are also called points. [2] Gauge (diameter) of strings in stringed instruments [3] [4]
An "informative" (i.e. non-mandatory) annex [7] describes how an ID-000 sized card may be included in an ID-1 size card for processing (e.g. in an ID-1 reader), but with "relief areas around the perimeter of the ID-000 size card to allow it to be removed from the ID-1 size card without punching tools".
International match points (IMP) within the card game of contract bridge is a measurement for conversion of the absolute contract bridge scores. The total point difference between two scores is compared to a scale ranging from 1 to 24. [1] [2]
An insert card is a card that is randomly inserted into packs of a sports card offering. These insert cards are not part of the regular numbering system of a set of sports cards and they tend to have a unique design. [1] Another term for insert cards is chase cards.
Presumably, the 1941 involvement of the U.S. in the war affected the hockey card market, since Canada had been in the war since 1939. Hockey cards next appeared during 1951–52, issued by Toronto's Parkhurst Products. Brooklyn's Topps Chewing Gum began printing hockey cards in 1954–1955. Parkhurst and Topps did not produce cards for the 1955 ...
The MERU, or Milli Earth Rate Unit, is an angular velocity equal to 1/1000 of Earth's rotation rate. It was introduced by MIT's Instrumentation Laboratories (now Draper Labs) to measure the performance of inertial navigation systems. [79] One MERU = 7.292 115 × 10 ^ −8 radians per second [80] or about 0.2625 milliradians/hour.
To attain this grade, the front of the card should display centering of 60/40 or better, while the back must exhibit centering of 90/10 or better. 10 - Gem Mint (GEM-MT) - The card features impeccably sharp corners, retaining its original gloss in full. The card's focus is sharp, and it is devoid of any staining.
In 1957, Topps changed the dimensions of its cards slightly, to 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches, setting a standard that remains the basic format for most sports cards produced in the United States. [67] In 2005, the long-standing sports card producer Fleer went bankrupt and was bought out by Upper Deck.