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  2. Scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Recreational scuba diver The undersea kelp forest of Anacapa Island off of the coast of Oxnard, California Diver looking at a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [1]

  3. Sea urchin - Wikipedia

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    The tube feet protrude through pairs of pores in the test, and are operated by a water vascular system; this works through hydraulic pressure, allowing the sea urchin to pump water into and out of the tube feet. During locomotion, the tube feet are assisted by the spines which can be used for pushing the body along or to lift the test off the ...

  4. Grenade - Wikipedia

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    Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation ... 3.2 High explosive. 3.3 Anti-tank. 3.4 Incendiary. ... an arming safety secured by a transport safety.

  5. pH - Wikipedia

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    The measurement of pH can become difficult at extremely acidic or alkaline conditions, such as below pH 2.5 (ca. 0.003 mol/dm 3 acid) or above pH 10.5 (above ca. 0.0003 mol/dm 3 alkaline). This is due to the breakdown of the Nernst equation in such conditions when using a glass electrode.

  6. Babcock International - Wikipedia

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    In October 2014, both Babcock and BAE Systems won contracts from the Ministry of Defence worth a total of £3.2 billion to maintain British warships, submarines and naval bases for the following five years. [33] In December 2014, the Ministry of Defence alienated the non-aerospace assets of the Defence Support Group to Babcock. [34]

  7. VLC media player - Wikipedia

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    Starting with version 1.1.0, VLC release codenames refer to characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels; an exception is release 2.2.1, which came out shortly after Pratchett's death on March 12, 2015, and which was codenamed Terry Pratchett in honor of the author himself.

  8. Internet protocol suite - Wikipedia

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    The defining specifications of the suite are RFC 1122 and 1123, which broadly outlines four abstraction layers (as well as related protocols); the link layer, IP layer, transport layer, and application layer, along with support protocols. [1] [2] These have stood the test of time, as the IETF has never modified this structure. As such a model ...