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  2. Celsius - Wikipedia

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    Anders Celsius's original thermometer used a reversed scale, with 100 as the freezing point and 0 as the boiling point of water.. In 1742, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744) created a temperature scale that was the reverse of the scale now known as "Celsius": 0 represented the boiling point of water, while 100 represented the freezing point of water. [5]

  3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Use sp: Spelling: Used to indicate misspelling spo: Spell out: Used to indicate that an abbreviation should be spelled out, such as in its first use stet: Let it stand: Indicates that proofreading marks should be ignored and the copy unchanged fl: Flush left: Align text flush with left margin fr: Flush right: Align text flush with right ...

  4. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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    D – development; D – Darcy, unit of permeability; D&A – dry and abandoned; D&C – drilling and completions; D&I – direction and inclination (MWD borehole deviation survey) [9] DAC – dipole acoustic log; DARCI – Darci log; DAS – data acquisition system; DAT – wellhead housing drill-ahead tool; DAZD – dip and azimuth display

  5. Homeopathic dilutions - Wikipedia

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    The D or X scale dilution is therefore half that of the same value of the C scale; for example, "12X" is the same level of dilution as "6C". Hahnemann never used this scale but it was very popular throughout the 19th century and still is in Europe.

  6. Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

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    Placing in the quarterfinal heats determines which semifinal the boat would race in. The top three boats in each quarterfinal move on to the A/B semifinals, with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals. Six semifinals are held, two each of A/B semifinals, C/D semifinals, and E/F semifinals.

  7. Cash on delivery - Wikipedia

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    A British cash on delivery registered letter from 1940s London showing 4s 7d due on delivery.. Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called payment on delivery, [1] cash on demand, payment on demand or collect on delivery [2] is the sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery rather than in advance.

  8. q.d., qd every day / daily quaque die q.h.s., qhs every night at bedtime quaque hora somni q.d.s, qds, QDS 4 times a day quater die sumendum q.i.d, qid 4 times a day quater in die q.h., qh every hour, hourly quaque hora q.o.d., qod every other day / alternate days quaque altera die q.p.m., qPM, qpm every afternoon or evening: quaque post meridiem

  9. typedef - Wikipedia

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    typedef is a reserved keyword in the programming languages C, C++, and Objective-C.It is used to create an additional name (alias) for another data type, but does not create a new type, [1] except in the obscure case of a qualified typedef of an array type where the typedef qualifiers are transferred to the array element type. [2]