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  2. Bi-quinary coded decimal - Wikipedia

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    Bi-quinary coded decimal is a numeral encoding scheme used in many abacuses and in some early computers, notably the Colossus. [2] The term bi-quinary indicates that the code comprises both a two-state ( bi ) and a five-state ( quin ary) component.

  3. Calabash Nebula - Wikipedia

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    The Calabash Nebula, also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula or by its technical name OH 231.84 +4.22, is a protoplanetary nebula (PPN) 1.4 light years (13 Pm) long and located some 5,000 light years (47 Em) from Earth in the constellation Puppis.

  4. Oology - Wikipedia

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    Oology (/ oʊ ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; [1] also oölogy) is a branch of ornithology studying bird eggs, nests and breeding behaviour. The word is derived from the Greek oion, meaning egg. Oology can also refer to the hobby of collecting wild birds' eggs, sometimes called egg collecting, birdnesting or egging, which is now illegal in many ...

  5. Rounding - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1.6 would be rounded to 1 with probability 0.4 and to 2 with probability 0.6. Stochastic rounding can be accurate in a way that a rounding function can never be. For example, suppose one started with 0 and added 0.3 to that one hundred times while rounding the running total between every addition.

  6. Oviparity - Wikipedia

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    The egg is not retained in the body for most of the period of development of the embryo within the egg, which is the main distinction between oviparity and ovoviviparity. [1] Oviparity occurs in all birds, most reptiles, some fishes, and most arthropods. Among mammals, monotremes (four species of echidna, and the platypus) are uniquely oviparous.

  7. Eremophila obliquisepala - Wikipedia

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    Eremophila obliquisepala is a compact, rounded shrub which grows to a height of between 20 and 50 cm (8 and 20 in). Its leaves are arranged alternately and scattered along the stems, mostly 14–29 mm (0.6–1 in) long, 4.5–9 mm (0.2–0.4 in) wide, lance-shaped to egg-shaped, hairy and have serrated margins.

  8. Significand - Wikipedia

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    The number 123.45 can be represented as a decimal floating-point number with the integer 12345 as the significand and a 10 −2 power term, also called characteristics, [11] [12] [13] where −2 is the exponent (and 10 is the base). Its value is given by the following arithmetic: 123.45 = 12345 × 10 −2.

  9. Floating-point arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    The base determines the fractions that can be represented; for instance, 1/5 cannot be represented exactly as a floating-point number using a binary base, but 1/5 can be represented exactly using a decimal base (0.2, or 2 × 10 −1). However, 1/3 cannot be represented exactly by either binary (0.010101...) or decimal (0.333...), but in base 3 ...