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  2. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    The international paper size standard is ISO 216. It is based on the German DIN 476 standard for paper sizes. Each ISO paper size is one half of the area of the next larger size in the same series. ISO paper sizes are all based on a single aspect ratio of the square root of 2, or approximately 1:1.41421. There are different series, as well as ...

  3. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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    A0 is defined so that it has an area of 1 m 2 (11 sq ft) before rounding to the nearest 1 millimetre (0.039 in). Successive paper sizes in the series (A1, A2, A3, etc.) are defined by halving the area of the preceding paper size and rounding down, so that the long side of A(n + 1) is the same length as the short side of An. Hence, each next ...

  4. Units of paper quantity - Wikipedia

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    A quire of paper is a measure of paper quantity. The usual meaning is 25 sheets of the same size and quality: 120 of a ream of 500 sheets. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while quires of 24 sheets are often used for handmade or specialised paper of 480-sheet reams.

  5. File:Comparison paper sizes.svg - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of some near-A4 paper sizes: Image title: Comparison of A4, C4, PA4, Legal, Letter/ANSI A, Government letter, Foolscap folio and Arch A paper, as well as 8R/6P and S8R/6PW photographic paper sizes by CMG Lee. In the SVG file, hover over an outline or its label to highlight it. Width: 100%: Height: 100%

  6. Newspaper format - Wikipedia

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    [1] In some countries, particular formats have associations with particular types of newspaper; for example, in the United Kingdom , there is a distinction between "tabloid" and "broadsheet" as references to newspaper content quality, which originates with the more popular newspapers using the tabloid format ; hence " tabloid journalism ".

  7. You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.

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    A human hair is approximately 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers wide and a sheet of paper is about 100,000 ... people's brains "it's not a bad sample size for an initial study," Richardson said ...

  8. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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    US Paper Sizes Size Width x Height (mm) Width x Height (in) Aspect Ratio Half Letter 140 x 216 5.5 x 8.5 1:1.5455 Letter 216 x 279 8.5 x 11.0 1:1.2941 Legal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14.0 1:1.6471 Junior Legal 127 x 203 5.0 x 8.0 1:1.6000 Ledger/Tabloid 279 x 432 11.0 x 17.0 1:1.5455

  9. Pop-Tarts Bowl mascots bring delightful chaos to Iowa State ...

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    The Pop-Tarts mascots were a chaotic, entertaining presence at the Pop-Tarts Bowl, with Cinnamon Roll (R) eventually consumed by Iowa State after the game as part of a ritual sacrifice.