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  2. Vector graphics - Wikipedia

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    Vector graphics. Vector graphics is a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display and printing hardware, vector data models and file formats, as well as the software based ...

  3. Prose - Wikipedia

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    Latin was a major influence on the development of prose in many European countries.Especially important was the great Roman orator Cicero (106 – 43 BC). It was the lingua franca among literate Europeans until quite recent times, and the great works of Descartes (1596 – 1650), Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626), and Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677) were published in Latin.

  4. Galileo Galilei - Wikipedia

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    Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ oʊ ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l eɪ / GAL-il-AY-oh GAL-il-AY, US also / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ l iː oʊ-/ GAL-il-EE-oh -⁠, Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛi]) or simply Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.

  5. Search engine - Wikipedia

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    The results of a search for the term "lunar eclipse" in a web-based image search engine. A search engine is a software system that finds web pages that match a web search. [1] They search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a ...

  6. Dua - Wikipedia

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    Role in Islam An Indonesian Muslim man doing dua. Muslims regard this as a profound act of worship. Muhammad is reported to have said, "Dua is itself a worship.". There is a special emphasis on du'a in Muslim spirituality and early Muslims took great care to record the supplications of Muhammad and his family and transmit them to subsequent generations.

  7. Anus - Wikipedia

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    Anus. The anus ( PL: anuses or ani; from Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, the residual semi-solid waste that remains after food digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, includes: matter which the animal cannot ...

  8. Robert Sternberg - Wikipedia

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    Robert J. Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) [1] is an American psychologist and psychometrician. He is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University. [2] Sternberg has a BA from Yale University and a PhD from Stanford University, under advisor Gordon Bower. He holds thirteen honorary doctorates from two North American, one South American ...

  9. Hyphen - Wikipedia

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    Etymology. The word is derived from Ancient Greek ὑφ' ἕν ( huph' hén ), contracted from ὑπό ἕν ( hypó hén ), "in one" (literally "under one"). [3] [4] An (ἡ) ὑφέν ( (he) hyphén) was an undertie -like ‿ sign written below two adjacent letters to indicate that they belong to the same word when it was necessary to avoid ...