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  2. Railway platform - Wikipedia

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    The Appalachian Trail station or Benson station in the United States, at the other extreme, has a platform which is only long enough for a single bench. [ 3 ] Among some American train conductors , the word "platform" has entered usage as a verb meaning "to berth at a station", as in the announcement: "The last two cars of this train will not ...

  3. Continuous truss bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Hart Bridge is a continuous, cantilevered truss bridge with an unusual design that includes a suspended road deck on the 332-metre (1,088 ft) main span and a through truss deck on the adjacent approach spans.

  4. Longest-processing-time-first scheduling - Wikipedia

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    There is a variant of LPT, called Restricted-LPT or RLPT, [9] in which the inputs are partitioned into subsets of size m called ranks (rank 1 contains the largest m inputs, rank 2 the next-largest m inputs, etc.). The inputs in each rank must be assigned to m different bins: rank 1 first, then rank 2, etc. The minimum sum in RLPT is at most the ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Maximum diameter of Thiomargarita namibiensis, the second largest bacterium ever discovered 10 −3: 1 millimeter ~5 mm Length of an average flea is 1–10 mm (usually <5 mm) [27] 2.54 mm One-tenth inch; distance between pins in DIP (dual-inline-package) electronic components 5.70 mm Diameter of the projectile in 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition 10 −2

  6. List of tallest bridges - Wikipedia

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    The difference between tall and high bridges can be explained in part because some of the highest bridges are built across deep valleys or gorges. For example, (as of 1 July 2020) the Duge Bridge is the highest bridge in the world, but only the fifteenth tallest. This bridge spans a deep river gorge.

  7. The U.S. has the biggest lifespan-health span gap in the ...

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    The difference between the average lifespan, minus the number of unhealthy years, estimated what the researchers call the health span-lifespan gap. The global lifespan is nearly a decade longer ...

  8. Human penis size - Wikipedia

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    This may account for differences between stretched and erect length. The 2015 study of 15,521 men found that the average length of a stretched flaccid penis was 13.24 cm (5.21 inches) long, which is near identical to the average length of an erect human penis which is 13.12 cm (5.17 inches) long. [11]

  9. Long position vs. short position: What’s the difference in ...

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    The lingo may be opaque, but the difference between these two terms couldn’t be more different, and it’s useful to know the distinction. ... The distinction between going long and going short ...