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  2. Berry paradox - Wikipedia

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    In this context, the terms string and number may be used interchangeably, since a number is actually a string of symbols, e.g. an English word (like the word "eleven" used in the paradox) while, on the other hand, it is possible to refer to any word with a number, e.g. by the number of its position in a given dictionary or by suitable encoding.

  3. Pole star - Wikipedia

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    A method to find the Pole star Polaris at 5x the distance of the two front stars of the Big Dipper The path of the north celestial pole among the stars due to the effect of precession, with dates shown The path of the south celestial pole among the stars due to the effect of precession

  4. Google Docs - Wikipedia

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    Google Docs is an online word processor and part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. Google Docs is accessible via a web browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iOS and as a desktop application on Google's ChromeOS .

  5. Polaris - Wikipedia

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    An explicit identification of Mary as stella maris with the polar star (Stella Polaris), as well as the use of Cynosura as a name of the star, is evident in the title Cynosura seu Mariana Stella Polaris (i.e. "Cynosure, or the Marian Polar Star"), a collection of Marian poetry published by Nicolaus Lucensis (Niccolo Barsotti de Lucca) in 1655.

  6. Celestial pole - Wikipedia

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    Polaris (within 1° of the pole) is the nearly stationary bright star just to the right of center in this star trail photo. The north celestial pole currently is within one degree of the bright star Polaris (named from the Latin stella polaris , meaning " pole star ").

  7. Polaris Dawn crew conducts first all-civilian spacewalk

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    The Polaris Dawn crew looks up through the hatch of a Crew Dragon simulator, framed by a scaffold known as the The Crew Dragon does not have an airlock and its life support system was not designed ...

  8. Navigational instrument - Wikipedia

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    Nocturnal used to determine apparent local time by viewing the Polaris and its surrounding stars. Ring dial or astronomical ring used to measure the height of a celestial body above the horizon. It could be used to find the altitude of the Sun or determine local time. It let sunlight shine through a small orifice on the rim of the instrument.

  9. 'Wheel of Fortune' fans divided over Ryan Seacrest's decision ...

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    The woman said African Safari and was correct but used a southern twang! That was rotten!" another person wrote. Ryan Seacrest falls after 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant topples him with win excitement