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  2. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage to the other level by stepping from one to another step in turn.

  3. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut". [4] Bracket (see also corbel) A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer

  4. Medical procedure - Wikipedia

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    "A series of steps by which a desired result is accomplished." [3] - Dorland's Medical Dictionary by William Alexander Newman Dorland "The sequence of steps to be followed in establishing some course of action." [4] - Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary

  5. Glossary of flamenco terms - Wikipedia

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    step or a series of steps payo sometimes thought to be the Calo (Romany or Gypsy) word for non-Gypsy, but in fact prison slang for an easy mark, a sucker. The Calo word for non-Gypsy is gachó pellizco literally, "nip, pinch"; that quality (usually in a dancer) that turns you on peña flamenco club peteneras

  6. Ghat - Wikipedia

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    Munshi Ghat Dashashwamedh Ghat on the Ganges river, in Varanasi.. Ghat (Hindi:), a term used in the Indian subcontinent, to refer to the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aapravasi Ghat.

  7. Glossary of ballet - Wikipedia

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    Both legs shoot straight downward in the air, and land on one foot in cou-de-pied. This step is often done turning ("en tournant"), where each jump rotates 1/2 turn. A traveling series of jumps where each leg is alternately brought to attitude devant in the air, each foot passing the previous one in alternating.

  8. Method - Wikipedia

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    Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge; Method (computer programming), a piece of code associated with a class or object to perform a task; Method (patent), under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts; Methodism, a Christian religious movement

  9. Long division - Wikipedia

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    It breaks down a division problem into a series of easier steps. As in all division problems, one number, called the dividend, is divided by another, called the divisor, producing a result called the quotient. It enables computations involving arbitrarily large numbers to be performed by following a series of simple steps. [1]