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  2. Orthosiphon aristatus - Wikipedia

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    Orthosiphon aristatus, commonly known as cat's whiskers or Java tea, is a plant species in the family Lamiaceae (also known Labiatae). The plant is a medicinal herb found mainly throughout southern China , the Indian Subcontinent , South East Asia , and tropical Queensland , Australia.

  3. Pomodoro Technique - Wikipedia

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    Set the Pomodoro timer (typically for 25 minutes). [1] Work on the task. End work when the timer rings and take a short break (typically 5–10 minutes). [5] Go back to Step 2 and repeat until you complete four pomodori. After four pomodori are done, take a long break (typically 20 to 30 minutes) instead of a short break.

  4. Cat senses - Wikipedia

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    A cat's whiskers are more than twice as thick as ordinary cat hairs, and their roots are three times deeper in a cat's tissue than other hairs. They have numerous nerve endings at their base, which give cats extraordinarily detailed information about nearby air movements and objects with which they make physical contact. They enable a cat to ...

  5. Crystal detector - Wikipedia

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    Cat whiskers in homemade detectors usually had a simple curved shape, but most professional cat whiskers had a coiled section in the middle that served as a spring. [30] The crystal required just the right gentle pressure by the wire; too much pressure caused the device to conduct in both directions. [ 4 ]

  6. Cat's whiskers - Wikipedia

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    Cat's whiskers may also refer to: Cat's-whisker detector, an electric component; Orthosiphon aristatus, a plant commonly known as cat's whiskers

  7. High Precision Event Timer - Wikipedia

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    The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is a hardware timer available in modern x86-compatible personal computers. Compared to older types of timers available in the x86 architecture, HPET allows more efficient processing of highly timing-sensitive applications, such as multimedia playback and OS task switching .

  8. Orthosiphon - Wikipedia

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    Orthosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Africa, Southern Asia and Queensland, with one species (O. americanus) in Colombia. [2] [3] They are herbaceous shrubs which grow to a height of 1.5 m (5 ft).

  9. Tacca chantrieri - Wikipedia

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    T. chantrieri is often referred to as the bat flower, devil flower, or cat whiskers. [6] It is an unusual plant in that it has black flowers. T. chantrieri has bracts that look like wings and are large in area. The flower can be up to 12 inches across. [5] Its height can range anywhere from 50–100 cm tall.