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  2. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. [1] It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, the international ...

  3. Lunar phase - Wikipedia

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    A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon 's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth). In common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon and the last quarter; the four minor ...

  4. Emoji - Wikipedia

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    Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, 'picture') + moji (文字, 'character'); the resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental. [4] The first emoji sets were created by Japanese portable electronic device companies in the late 1980s and the 1990s. [5]

  5. The Password Game - Wikipedia

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    In this screenshot, the inclusion of the moon emoji satisfies Rule 13; however, it splits the word "may", breaking Rule 6. The Password Game is a web-based puzzle video game. The player is tasked with typing a password in an input box. The game has a total of 35 rules that the password must follow and which appear in a specific order.

  6. Here's how to see what phase the moon was in on the day you ...

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    People on TikTok think the moon phase you were born during can indicate something about your personality. Earth's satellite has eight different moon phases: . new moon, waxing crescent, first ...

  7. Metonic cycle - Wikipedia

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    In the Babylonian and Hebrew lunisolar calendars, the years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 are the long (13-month) years of the Metonic cycle. This cycle forms the basis of the Greek and Hebrew calendars. A 19-year cycle is used for the computation of the date of Easter each year. The Babylonians applied the 19-year cycle from the late sixth ...

  8. Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia

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    The use of astronomical symbols for the Sun and Moon dates to antiquity. The forms of the symbols that appear in the original papyrus texts of Greek horoscopes are a circle with one ray () for the Sun and a crescent for the Moon. [3] The modern Sun symbol, a circle with a dot (☉), first appeared in Europe in the Renaissance.

  9. Crescent - Wikipedia

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    Crescent. A crescent shape ( / ˈkrɛsənt /, UK also / ˈkrɛzənt /) [1] is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase (as it appears in the northern hemisphere) in the first quarter (the " sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.