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  2. Distance education - Wikipedia

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    Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, [1][2] or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. [3] Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail.

  3. Long-distance running - Wikipedia

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    Endurance running is often a component of physical military training. Long-distance running as a form of tradition or ceremony is known among the Hopi and Tarahumara people, among others. [4][5] In the sport of athletics, long-distance events are defined as races covering 3 km (1.9 mi) and above. The three most common types are track running ...

  4. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The distance travelled by light in vacuum in ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ second. kilogram [n 1] kg mass: The kilogram is defined by setting the Planck constant h to 6.626 070 15 × 10 −34 J⋅s (J = kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −2), given the definitions of the metre and the second. [2] ampere: A

  5. Longitude - Wikipedia

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    Longitude (/ ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd /, AU and UK also / ˈlɒŋɡɪ -/) [1][2] is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east – west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda (λ). Meridians are imaginary ...

  6. Comoving and proper distances - Wikipedia

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    Comoving distance and proper distance. Comoving distance is the distance between two points measured along a path defined at the present cosmological time. For objects moving with the Hubble flow, it is deemed to remain constant in time. The comoving distance from an observer to a distant object (e.g. galaxy) can be computed by the following ...

  7. Exam - Wikipedia

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    American students in a computer fundamentals class taking an online test in 2001. An examination (exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs). [1] A test may be administered verbally, on paper, on ...

  8. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    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 of proteins). It is defined as 10 −13 seconds (100 fs). The galactic year, based on the rotation of the galaxy and usually measured in million years.

  9. I Literally Signed Up to Run a Marathon to Get My Hands on ...

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    It wasn't easy trying to squeeze in time to train so essentially, I said "Forget running a marathon, let's scale down." Next thing I knew, I was signed up to run my first 12K at Big Sur and thanks ...