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  2. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    0.00034 has 2 significant figures (3 and 4) if the resolution is 0.00001. Zeros to the right of the last non-zero digit (trailing zeros) in a number with the decimal point are significant if they are within the measurement or reporting resolution. 1.200 has four significant figures (1, 2, 0, and 0) if they are allowed by the measurement resolution.

  3. Hourglass figure - Wikipedia

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    The hourglass figure is one of the four traditional female body shapes described by the fashion industry; the other shapes are the rectangle, inverted triangle, and spoon (or pear). The hourglass shape is defined by a woman's body measurements – the circumference of the bust , waist and hips .

  4. Lichtenberg figure - Wikipedia

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    Modern 3D Lichtenberg figures or "electrical treeing" in a block of clear acrylic, created by irradiating the block with an electron beam. Actual size: 80 mm × 80 mm × 50 mm (3 in × 3 in × 2 in) Lichtenberg figures are generated by a sliding spark discharge on the flask with a mixture of gases. Structural differences between the "positive ...

  5. Marcel Duchamp - Wikipedia

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    Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (UK: / ˈ dj uː ʃ ɒ̃ /, US: / dj uː ˈ ʃ ɒ̃, dj uː ˈ ʃ ɑː m p /; [1] French: [maʁsɛl dyʃɑ̃]; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art.

  6. Lissajous curve - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Such motions may be considered as a particular kind of complex harmonic motion. The appearance of the figure is sensitive to the ratio ⁠ a / b ⁠ . For a ratio of 1, when the frequencies match a=b, the figure is an ellipse , with special cases including circles ( A = B , δ = ⁠ π / 2 ⁠ radians ) and lines ( δ = 0 ).

  7. Islamic art - Wikipedia

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    Islamic metalwork includes some three-dimensional animal figures, such as fountainheads or aquamaniles, but only one significant enamelled object of Byzantine cloisonné technique is known. [56] The Pisa Griffin is the largest surviving bronze animal, probably from 11th century Al-Andalus.

  8. Rubin vase - Wikipedia

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    Another example of a bistable figure Rubin included in his Danish-language, two-volume book was the Maltese cross. A 3D model of a Rubin vase Rubin presented in his doctoral thesis (1915) a detailed description of the visual figure-ground relationship, an outgrowth of the visual perception and memory work in the laboratory of his mentor, Georg ...

  9. Coco Chanel - Wikipedia

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    At the age of twenty-three, Chanel became Balsan's mistress, supplanting the courtesan Émilienne d'Alençon as his new favourite. [11]: 10 For the next three years, she lived with him in his château Royallieu near Compiègne, an area known for its wooded equestrian paths and the hunting life. [5]: 5–6 It was a lifestyle of self-indulgence ...