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  2. List of knots - Wikipedia

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    Shoelace knot – commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow-ties; Shroud knot – a multi-strand bend knot used to join two ends of laid (or twisted) rope together; Siberian hitch – used to attach a rope to an object; Simple knot – (four-in-hand knot) a method of tying a necktie; Simple Simon over – used for joining two lines

  3. List of knot terminology - Wikipedia

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    Binding knots are knots that either constrict a single object or hold two objects snugly together. Whippings, seizings and lashings serve a similar purpose to binding knots, but contain too many wraps to be properly called a knot. [1] In binding knots, the ends of rope are either joined together or tucked under the turns of the knot.

  4. List of climbing knots - Wikipedia

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    Water knot (also known as Tape Knot, Double Overhand Bend, Ring Bend): The Water knot is useful to tie together two ends of ropes. Often used with webbing. Binding Strangle knot: The Strangle knot is a simple binding knot. It forms both sides of a Double fisherman's knot, and is also used to back up loop knots and both ends of bends.

  5. Types of social groups - Wikipedia

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    Examples include study groups, sports teams, schoolmates, attorney-client, doctor-patient, coworkers, etc. Cooley had made the distinction between primary and secondary groups, by noting that the term for the latter refers to relationships that generally develop later in life, likely with much less influence on one’s identity than primary groups.

  6. Reef knot - Wikipedia

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    The knot lies flat when made with cloth and has been used for tying bandages for millennia. As a binding knot it was known to the ancient Greeks as the Hercules knot (Herakleotikon hamma) and is still used extensively in medicine. [9] In his Natural History, Pliny relates the belief that wounds heal more quickly when bound with a Hercules knot ...

  7. Constrictor knot - Wikipedia

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    When tying over soft material such as the neck of a bag, take care to keep the wraps of the knot together. The constrictor knot can damage or disfigure items it is tied around. [3] To exert extreme tension on the knot without injuring the hands, one can fashion handles using marlinespike hitches made around two rods. [2]

  8. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    Students learn partially through bottom-up information processing, or processing based on information present in the language presented. For example, in reading bottom-up processing involves understanding letters, words, and sentence structure rather than making use of the students’ previous knowledge. Brainstorming

  9. Year 9 - Wikipedia

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    In Scotland, Year 9 is the equivalent to Second year (S2) where pupils start at the age of 12 or 13 and end at the age of 13 or 14. In Second year pupils pick subjects for Third year. In Northern Ireland, Year 9 is the second year of Secondary education. Children in Year 9 are aged between 12 and 13. It is the second year of Key Stage 3. [9]