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  2. Cosmetics - Wikipedia

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    Blushers are typically available in shades of pink and red or warm tan and brown, and may also be used to make the cheekbones appear more defined. Bronzer is a powder, cream, or liquid product that adds colour to the skin, typically in bronze or tan shades, intended to give the skin a tanned appearance and enhance the colour of the face.

  3. Time in physics - Wikipedia

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    In physics, time is defined by its measurement: time is what a clock reads. [1] In classical, non-relativistic physics, it is a scalar quantity (often denoted by the symbol ) and, like length, mass, and charge, is usually described as a fundamental quantity.

  4. Information Age - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Information Age (also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, New Media Age, Internet Age, or the Digital Revolution [1]) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century to the early 21st century. It is characterized by a rapid shift from traditional industries, as established during ...

  5. Passive income - Wikipedia

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    Passive income. Passive income is a type of unearned income that is acquired with little to no labor to earn or maintain. It is often combined with another source of income, such as regular employment or a side job. [1] Passive income, as an acquired income, is taxable. Examples of passive income include rental income and business activities in ...

  6. Martingale (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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    Martingale (probability theory) In probability theory, a martingale is a sequence of random variables (i.e., a stochastic process) for which, at a particular time, the conditional expectation of the next value in the sequence is equal to the present value, regardless of all prior values. Stopped Brownian motion is an example of a martingale.

  7. Addiction - Wikipedia

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    Psychiatry, clinical psychology, toxicology, addiction medicine. Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.

  8. Exposure (photography) - Wikipedia

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    Exposure is a combination of the length of time and the illuminance at the photosensitive material. Exposure time is controlled in a camera by shutter speed, and the illuminance depends on the lens aperture and the scene luminance. Slower shutter speeds (exposing the medium for a longer period of time), greater lens apertures (admitting more ...

  9. Ephemeris time - Wikipedia

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    History (1952 standard) Ephemeris time ( ET ), adopted as standard in 1952, was originally designed as an approach to a uniform time scale, to be freed from the effects of irregularity in the rotation of the Earth, "for the convenience of astronomers and other scientists", for example for use in ephemerides of the Sun (as observed from the ...