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  2. Matriculation in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1858.

  3. Matrix (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    I have in previous papers defined a "Matrix" as a rectangular array of terms, out of which different systems of determinants may be engendered from the womb of a common parent. Arthur Cayley published a treatise on geometric transformations using matrices that were not rotated versions of the coefficients being investigated as had previously ...

  4. Dot matrix printing - Wikipedia

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    An example of a wide-carriage printer, designed for paper 14 inches wide, shown with legal paper loaded (8.5"×14") Print head of a 24-pin printer (Tally Genicom T2240) Print head of a 9-pin printer (Star NL10) The common serial dot matrix printers use a horizontally moving print head. [32]

  5. List of named matrices - Wikipedia

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    Several important classes of matrices are subsets of each other. This article lists some important classes of matrices used in mathematics, science and engineering.A matrix (plural matrices, or less commonly matrixes) is a rectangular array of numbers called entries.

  6. Matrix decomposition - Wikipedia

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    Applicable to: square, hermitian, positive definite matrix Decomposition: =, where is upper triangular with real positive diagonal entries Comment: if the matrix is Hermitian and positive semi-definite, then it has a decomposition of the form = if the diagonal entries of are allowed to be zero

  7. Common Entrance Examination - Wikipedia

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    At 11+, Common Entrance consists of two English examinations, as well as an examination each in Mathematics and Science. [3]At 13+, Common Entrance consists of examinations in Mathematics (three papers: a (listening) mental mathematics paper, plus written non-calculator and calculator); English (two papers); and one paper each in Latin, Classical Greek, Geography, History, Religious Studies ...

  8. Continuous stationery - Wikipedia

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    Continuous stationery (UK) or continuous form paper (US) is paper which is designed for use with dot-matrix and line printers with appropriate paper-feed mechanisms. Other names include fan-fold paper , sprocket-feed paper , burst paper , lineflow (New Zealand), tractor-feed paper , and pin-feed paper .

  9. Ceramic matrix composite - Wikipedia

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    Fracture surface of a fiber-reinforced ceramic composed of SiC fibers and SiC matrix. The fiber pull-out mechanism shown is the key to CMC properties. CMC shaft sleeves. In materials science ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are a subgroup of composite materials and a subgroup of ceramics.