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  2. Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia

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    This is sometimes referred to as a unit of standard atmospheres (atm). Total atmospheric mass is 5.1480×10 18 kg (1.135×10 19 lb), [41] about 2.5% less than would be inferred from the average sea level pressure and Earth's area of 51007.2 megahectares, this portion being displaced by Earth's mountainous terrain.

  3. Atmosphere - Wikipedia

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    An atmosphere (from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós) 'vapour, steam', and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') [1] is a layer of gasses that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosphere is ...

  4. Marcial Gala - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Marcial Gala was born in Havana, Cuba in 1963.He first trained in behavioral psychiatry (ergoterapia psiquiatra) at Politécnico de la Salud de Santiago de Cuba in 1983, and received additional training as an architect in Universidad Central de las Villas, Santa Clara in 1992.

  5. Sun - Wikipedia

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    Etymology The English word sun developed from Old English sunne. Cognates appear in other Germanic languages, including West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, Standard German Sonne, Bavarian Sunna, Old Norse sunna, and Gothic sunnō. All these words stem from Proto-Germanic * sunnōn. This is ultimately related to the word for sun in other branches of the Indo-European language ...

  6. Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia. Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.

  7. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera - Wikipedia

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    38°46′34″N 9°07′33″W. /  38.77598°N 9.12577°W  / 38.77598; -9.12577. Parent organisations. Ministry of the Sea. The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera ( lit. 'Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere'; abbreviated as IPMA) is the national meteorological, seismic, sea and atmospheric organization of Portugal .

  8. Mario García Torres - Wikipedia

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    Mario García Torres (born 1975) is a visual and conceptual artist. He has used various media, including film, sound, performance, ‘museographic installations’ and video as a means to create his art.

  9. Multimedia studies - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia studies. Multimedia studies is an interdisciplinary field of academic discourse focused on the understanding of technologies and cultural dimensions of linking traditional media sources with ones based on new media to support social systems.