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  2. Sound attenuator - Wikipedia

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    A sound attenuator, or duct silencer, sound trap, or muffler, is a noise control acoustical treatment of Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) ductwork designed to reduce transmission of noise through the ductwork, either from equipment into occupied spaces in a building, or between occupied spaces.

  3. Dynamic range compression - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic range compression (DRC) or simply compression is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic range.

  4. Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter - Wikipedia

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    This allowed higher transmission speed without data loss and without requiring such frequent attention from the computer. For example, the popular National Semiconductor 16550 has a 16-byte FIFO , and spawned many variants, including the 16C550, 16C650, 16C750, and 16C850 .

  5. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The US National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 defined silencers and established regulations limiting their sale and ownership. [21] Both the US Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) use the term silencer. [22] Hiram Percy Maxim, the original inventor of the device, marketed them as "Maxim Silencers ...

  6. Lost volume seller - Wikipedia

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    Lost volume seller is a legal term in the law of contracts. Such a seller is a special case in contract law.Ordinarily, a seller whose buyer breaches a contract and refuses to purchase the goods can recover from the breaching buyer only the difference between the contract price and the price for which the seller ultimately sells the goods to another buyer (plus, under some circumstances ...

  7. Tanks in World War II - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Churchill Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) fired a short range 230 mm (11.4 inch) direct-fire mortar which was used for destroying buildings and clearing obstacles. It could also be equipped with a wide variety of combat engineering equipment such as small bridges, rolled-matt roadways, fascines , and mine rollers .

  8. 390th Strategic Missile Wing - Wikipedia

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    The wing's initial task was to supervise the construction of launch silos and command and control facilities for its Titans. [2] Its two component squadrons were the 570th and the 571st Strategic Missile Squadrons. [note 3] Launcher locations for the 570th Squadron were at Oracle, Three Points, Rillito (4 silos), and Oracle Junction, Arizona (3 ...

  9. Price action trading - Wikipedia

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    A candlestick chart of the Euro against the USD, marked up by a price action trader. A price action trader's analysis may start with classical price action technical analysis, e.g. Edwards and Magee patterns including trend lines, break-outs and pullbacks, [13] which are broken down further and supplemented with extra bar-by-bar analysis, sometimes including volume.