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  2. Acronym - Wikipedia

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    Yet, in its short form 人大 (literally 'man/people big'), only the first characters from the second and the fourth parts are selected; the first part (全国) and the third part (代表) are completely dropped. Many proper nouns become shorter and shorter over time.

  3. Instant - Wikipedia

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    In physics and the philosophy of science, instant refers to an infinitesimal interval in time, whose passage is instantaneous.In ordinary speech, an instant has been defined as "a point or very short space of time," a notion deriving from its etymological source, the Latin verb instare, from in-+ stare ('to stand'), meaning 'to stand upon or near.' [1]

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    The Jiffy is the amount of time light takes to travel one femtometre (about the diameter of a nucleon). The Planck time is the time that light takes to travel one Planck length. The TU (for time unit) is a unit of time defined as 1024 μs for use in engineering. The svedberg is a time unit used for sedimentation rates (usually

  6. Short time (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Short time may refer to: Short-time working, in which employees agree to a reduction in working time and pay; Short Time, a 1990 comedy action crime film; Lee Dae-ro Can't Die, a 2005 South Korean action film also known as Short Time; The Short-Timers, a 1979 novel by U.S. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford;

  7. Time immemorial - Wikipedia

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    Time immemorial (Latin: Ab immemorabili) is a phrase meaning time extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition, indefinitely ancient, "ancient beyond memory or record". [1] The phrase is used in legally significant contexts as well as in common parlance.

  8. Short time duty - Wikipedia

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    The maximum time length of short time duty (typically 10 to 30 seconds) is indicated near the corresponding socket (usually the left one) as well as the time to be waited for, before each of such measures might be repeated (typically "each 15 minutes"). Another common application is inflation with air compressors: those become very hot, if used ...

  9. Short-term memory - Wikipedia

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    Rehearsal is the process of repeating information to be retained, ostensibly keeping it in short-term memory. Each repetition reenters the information into short-term memory, thus keeping that information for another 10 to 20 seconds (the average storage time for short-term memory). [38]