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  2. Spherical trigonometry - Wikipedia

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    The arc BC subtends an angle of magnitude a at the centre and therefore OB → · OC → = cos a. Introduce a Cartesian basis with OA → along the z-axis and OB → in the xz-plane making an angle c with the z-axis. The vector OC → projects to ON in the xy-plane and the angle between ON and the x-axis is A. Therefore, the three vectors have ...

  3. Spherical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    the azimuthal angle φ, which is the angle of rotation of the radial line around the polar axis. [b] (See graphic regarding the "physics convention".) Once the radius is fixed, the three coordinates (r, θ, φ), known as a 3-tuple, provide a coordinate system on a sphere, typically called the spherical polar coordinates.

  4. Familiar by Thy Side - Wikipedia

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    CBR critic Joshua Patton rated the episode 7/10, praising Locke and Hahn's comedic scenes and finding it "hilarious to see their dynamic from a sillier and more self-aware angle". Patton highlighted the scene featuring Ralph Bohner as "a grim reminder of the high price of Wanda's tragic but still selfish escapism".

  5. Multiview orthographic projection - Wikipedia

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    Third-angle projection is most commonly used in America, [6] Japan (in JIS B 0001:2010); [7] and is preferred in Australia, as laid down in AS 1100.101—1992 6.3.3. [ 8 ] In the UK, BS8888 9.7.2.1 allows for three different conventions for arranging views: Labelled Views, Third Angle Projection, and First Angle Projection.

  6. Quest - Wikipedia

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    Quests also play a major role in Rick Riordan's fantasy books, among them Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and The Kane Chronicles, and in dark fantasy novel The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. A familiar modern literary quest is Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. [14]

  7. Group purchasing organization - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1] Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees which are paid by the vendors that GPOs oversee.

  8. List of Battle Angel Alita chapters - Wikipedia

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    Cover of the first English volume. Battle Angel Alita, known in Japan as Gunnm (銃夢, Ganmu, a portmanteau of "gun" and "mu", the onyomi of the kanji for "dream" [citation needed]), is a manga series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1990 and originally published in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine.

  9. Quest for Glory III: Wages of War - Wikipedia

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    Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is a hybrid adventure/role-playing video game released in 1992 for MS-DOS. It is the third entry in the Quest for Glory video game series and the sequel to Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire. Quest for Glory II hinted that Ad Avis would return in this installment of the video game series. However, the Coles did ...