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  2. The Strangers: Chapter 1 - Wikipedia

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    The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a 2024 American horror film that is the third film in The Strangers film series and the first installment of an intended relaunch in the form of a standalone trilogy. [a] It is directed by Renny Harlin, with a screenplay by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland, from a story by Bryan Bertino, the director of the first film.

  3. Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The architectural perspective and new systems of banking and accounting were introduced during the time. The Renaissance ( UK: / rəˈneɪsəns / rən-AY-sənss, US: / ˈrɛnəsɑːns / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) [1] [2] [a] is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the ...

  4. Mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. [1] It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering branches .

  5. Fast Fourier transform - Wikipedia

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    A discrete Fourier analysis of a sum of cosine waves at 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 Hz. A Fast Fourier Transform ( FFT) is an algorithm that computes the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of a sequence, or its inverse (IDFT). Fourier analysis converts a signal from its original domain (often time or space) to a representation in the frequency domain ...

  6. Aerial photography - Wikipedia

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    Air photo of a military target used to evaluate the effect of bombing. Air photography from flight. Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. [1] When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography .

  7. Bible - Wikipedia

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    Bible. The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety ...

  8. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    May 25. Frequency. Annual. First time. May 30, 1868. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May.

  9. Kama Sutra - Wikipedia

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    Kamasutra 1.2.1, Translator: Ludo Rocher The Kamasutra is a "sutra"-genre text consisting of intensely condensed, aphoristic verses. Doniger describes them as a "kind of atomic string (thread) of meanings", which are so cryptic that any translation is more like deciphering and filling in the text. Condensing a text into a sutra-genre religious text form makes it easier to remember and transmit ...