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  2. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    As evidenced in Seeberger's handwritten documents, the inventor consulted "a Latin lexicon" and "adopted as the root of the new word, 'Scala'; as a prefix, 'E' and as a suffix, 'Tor.'" [19] His own rough translation of the word thus created was "means of traversing from", and he intended for the word to be pronounced / ɛ s ˈ k æ l ə t ɔːr ...

  3. Word list Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Spelling

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    The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.

  5. De-escalation - Wikipedia

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    In psychiatric settings, de-escalation is aimed at calmly communicating with an agitated client in order to understand, manage, and resolve their concerns. Ultimately, these actions are intended to reduce the client's agitation and potential for present or future aggression or violence.

  6. End of Watch Call - Wikipedia

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    The End of Watch Call or Last Radio Call is a ceremony in which, after a police officer's death (usually in the line of duty but sometimes from illness), the officers from his or her unit or department gather around a police radio, over which the police dispatcher issues one call to the officer, followed by a silence, then a second call ...

  7. Conflict escalation - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, de-escalation are approaches which lead to a decrease or end of a conflict. [ 2 ] While the word escalation was used as early as in 1938, it was popularized during the Cold War by two important books: On Escalation ( Herman Kahn , 1965) and Escalation and the Nuclear Option ( Bernard Brodie , 1966). [ 3 ]

  8. End of Active Service - Wikipedia

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    End of Active Service (EAS) is the conclusion of the period of active duty commitment for a member of the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps or the U.S. Air Force.The equivalent term used by the U.S Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard is the End of Active Obligated Service (EAOS).

  9. End-of-life product - Wikipedia

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    In an IT context, an end of life announcement (EOLA) may be issued to mark the commencement of a product's end of life status. [12] The EOLA may precede the last order date (LOD) by up to 90 days. Customers need to order the product before the last order date. JEDEC standards specify the end of the