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  2. Sibilant - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the following tongue shapes are described, from sharpest and highest-pitched to dullest and lowest-pitched: Hollow (e.g. [s]): This hollow accepts a large volume of air that is forced through a typically narrow aperture that directs a high-velocity jet of air against the teeth, which results in a high-pitched, piercing "hissing ...

  3. Farsightedness - Wikipedia

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    Aphakia correction: High degree hypermetropia due to absence of lens (aphakia) is best corrected using intraocular lens implantation. [ citation needed ] Refractive lens exchange (RLE): A variation of cataract surgery where the natural crystalline lens is replaced with an artificial intraocular lens ; the difference is the existence of abnormal ...

  4. Crystallization of polymers - Wikipedia

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    The degree of crystallinity is estimated by different analytical methods and it typically ranges between 10 and 80%, with crystallized polymers often called "semi-crystalline". The properties of semi-crystalline polymers are determined not only by the degree of crystallinity, but also by the size and orientation of the molecular chains.

  5. Transliminality - Wikipedia

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    High degrees of this trait have been shown by Thalbourne to be associated with increased tendency to mystical experience, greater creativity, and greater belief in the paranormal, but Thalbourne has also found evidence that transliminality may be positively correlated with psychoticism. He has published articles on transliminality in journals ...

  6. Hyperthermophile - Wikipedia

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    Most of what is known about sugar catabolism in hyperthermophiles comes from observation on Pyrococcus furiosus. It grows on many different sugars such as starch, maltose, and cellobiose, that once in the cell are transformed to glucose, but other organic substrates can be used as carbon and energy sources.

  7. Stall (fluid dynamics) - Wikipedia

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    High-pressure wind tunnels are one solution to this problem. In general, steady operation of an aircraft at an angle of attack above the critical angle is not possible because, after exceeding the critical angle, the loss of lift from the wing causes the nose of the aircraft to fall, reducing the angle of attack again.

  8. Inharmonicity - Wikipedia

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    For instance, a stiff string under low tension (such as those found in the bass notes of small upright pianos) exhibits a high degree of inharmonicity, while a thinner string under higher tension (such as a treble string in a piano) or a more flexible string (such as a gut or nylon string used on a guitar or harp) will exhibit less inharmonicity.

  9. Pseudohypertension - Wikipedia

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    Pseudohypertension, also known as pseudohypertension in the elderly, noncompressibility artery syndrome, and Osler's sign (or Osler sign) of pseudohypertension is a falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygmomanometry due to calcification of blood vessels which cannot be compressed. [1]