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  2. Fishtailing - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a car undergoing fishtailing. Video of a car fishtailing or drifting on the street of Riia maantee in Tartu, Estonia (December 2021). Fishtailing is a vehicle handling problem which occurs when the rear wheels lose traction, resulting in oversteer.

  3. Machapuchare - Wikipedia

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    Machapuchare, Machhapuchchhre or Machhapuchhre (from Nepali माछापुच्छ्रे ' fishtail ', Tamu: कतासुँ क्लिको), is a ...

  4. Fishtail - Wikipedia

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    Fishtail parka, a type of anorak such as the US Army's M-65 parka; Fishtail skirt; Fishtail back trousers, a high back design for trousers that is designed for use with Suspenders (American English, Canadian English) or braces (British English). Fishtail wrap, a style of folding or draping a sari; Fishtail train, a flared train

  5. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    It is in fact derived from Greek ἀδάμας, meaning indomitable. There was a further confusion about whether the substance referred to is diamond or lodestone. Buck: The use of "buck" to mean "dollar" did not originate from a practice of referring to African slaves as "bucks" (male deer) when trading. [52] "

  6. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    fishtail chisel. Also called a gouge. A chisel or gouge with a splayed end. flat gouge A gouge with minimal curvature used for finishing and smoothing. flitch A rough-cut board in which the round of the tree trunk is still visible. float

  7. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  8. Glossary of fishery terms - Wikipedia

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    Bioacoustics – in underwater acoustics and fisheries acoustics this term is used to mean the effect of plants and animals on sound propagated underwater, usually in reference to the use of sonar technology for biomass estimation; Bimodal – a bimodal distribution is a distribution with two different modes which appear as distinct peaks. An ...

  9. Lexical aspect - Wikipedia

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    For example, the English verbs arrive and run differ in their lexical aspect since the former describes an event which has a natural endpoint while the latter does not. Lexical aspect differs from grammatical aspect in that it is an inherent semantic property of a predicate , while grammatical aspect is a syntactic or morphological property.