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  2. Dead reckoning - Wikipedia

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    While dead reckoning can give the best available information on the present position with little math or analysis, it is subject to significant errors of approximation. For precise positional information, both speed and direction must be accurately known at all times during travel.

  3. Deadheading - Wikipedia

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    Deadheading can refer to the following: Dead mileage, the movement of commercial vehicles in non-revenue mode for logistical reasons; Deadheading (flowers), the pruning of dead flower heads; Deadheading (employee), carrying, free of charge, a transport company's own staff on a normal passenger trip

  4. Science (UIL test) - Wikipedia

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    The first 20 questions involve biology, the second twenty questions involve chemistry, and the final twenty questions involve physics. No time warning is given, except that tests cannot be turned in until the proctor announces that 30 minutes have passed. The questions may be answered in any order; there is no penalty for skipping questions.

  5. List of mathematical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    [5] lg – common logarithm (log 10) or binary logarithm (log 2). LHS – left-hand side of an equation. Li – offset logarithmic integral function. li – logarithmic integral function or linearly independent. lim – limit of a sequence, or of a function. lim inf – limit inferior. lim sup – limit superior. LLN – law of large numbers.

  6. Deadheading (flowers) - Wikipedia

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    Deadheading is a widespread form of pruning, [1] since fading flowers are not as appealing and direct a lot of energy into seed development if pollinated. [2] The goal of deadheading is thus to preserve the attractiveness of the plants in beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets, as well as to encourage

  7. Dead mileage - Wikipedia

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    A Transperth bus is doing a dead mileage run back to the depot, so the destination sign reads "Not in Service 000".. Dead mileage, dead running, light running, empty cars or deadheading in public transport and empty leg in air charter is when a revenue-gaining vehicle operates without carrying or accepting passengers, such as when coming from a garage to begin its first trip of the day.

  8. Operation (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, an operation is a function from a set to itself. For example, an operation on real numbers will take in real numbers and return a real number. An operation can take zero or more input values (also called "operands" or "arguments") to a well-defined output value. The number of operands is the arity of the operation.

  9. Van Hiele model - Wikipedia

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    The van Hiele levels have five properties: 1. Fixed sequence: the levels are hierarchical.Students cannot "skip" a level. [5] The van Hieles claim that much of the difficulty experienced by geometry students is due to being taught at the Deduction level when they have not yet achieved the Abstraction level.