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  2. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    If the pool is used for Olympic Games or World Championships, then the minimum depth is increased to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). [3] Whereas the Water Cube pool used for the 2008 Olympics was 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) deep, the temporary pool used in 2024 was only 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in), which commentators suggested made for slower race times.

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000 US gal).

  4. Comparison of cue sports - Wikipedia

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    Internationally standardized pool balls come in sets of 16, including two suits or groups of numbered object balls, seven solids (1–7) and seven stripes (9–15), a black 8 ball and a white cue ball. Standard pool balls are 2.25 inches (57 mm) in diameter and are 6 ounces (170 g) in weight.

  5. Paris Olympics 2024: Is a ‘slow’ swimming pool impeding world ...

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    The pool here in suburban Paris — a temporary vessel plopped into a rugby stadium, similar to the one built at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for last month’s U.S. Olympic trials — is 2. ...

  6. Piscine Molitor - Wikipedia

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    The pool is known for its Art Deco designs and the popular introduction of the bikini by Louis Réard on 5 July 1946. [2] The pool was classified as a French monument historique on 27 March 1990, after having fallen into disuse and closing in 1989. [3] The swimming pool complex was rebuilt from scratch in the style of the previous historic design.

  7. List of formulas in elementary geometry - Wikipedia

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    Perimeter/Circumference Meanings of symbols Square: is the length of a side Rectangle (+) is length, is breadth Circle: or : where is the radius and is the diameter ...

  8. Circumference - Wikipedia

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    The circumference of a circle is the distance around it, but if, as in many elementary treatments, distance is defined in terms of straight lines, this cannot be used as a definition. Under these circumstances, the circumference of a circle may be defined as the limit of the perimeters of inscribed regular polygons as the number of sides ...

  9. Cue stick - Wikipedia

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    A player using a cue stick to push a billiard ball forward to move an object ball A pool cue and its major parts. [1]: 71–72 [2]A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards.