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d5d9057c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of sounds are represented in the IPA as a graphically a rotated lowercase "v" and a ɜ? | A vowel. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The open-mid back unrounded vowel or low-mid back unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ʌ ⟩, graphically a rotated lowercase \"v\" (called a turned V but created as a small-capital ⟨ᴀ⟩ without the crossbar)."
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"text": "The open-mid central unrounded vowel, or low-mid central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ɜ ⟩."
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d5d9059a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Palatal and click are both types of what? | Consonants | text | [] | [
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"text": "Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa. Examples familiar to English-speakers are the Tut-tut (British spelling) or Tsk! Tsk!"
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"text": "Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex . The most common type of palatal consonant is the extremely common approximant [j], which ranks as among the ten most common sounds in the world's languages."
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d5d905c20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Palatalization is a historical-linguistic sound change that results in a palatalized articulation of a what, of which palatal and click are types of? | Consonant | text | [] | [
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"text": "Palatalization / ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən / is a historical-linguistic sound change that results in a palatalized articulation of a consonant or, in certain cases, a front vowel. Palatalization involves change in the place or manner of articulation of consonants, or the fronting or raising of vowels."
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"text": "Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa. Examples familiar to English-speakers are the Tut-tut (British spelling) or Tsk! Tsk!"
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"text": "Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex . The most common type of palatal consonant is the extremely common approximant [j], which ranks as among the ten most common sounds in the world's languages."
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d5d905f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Wikipedia includes hundreds of glossaries organized by what way to sort a list done by following the standard (usual) order of letters in an alphabet ? | Alphabetical order | text | [] | [
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"text": "Alphabetical order is a way to sort ( organize) a list. It helps a reader to find a name or a title in the list. It is done by following the standard (usual) order of letters in an alphabet. Some lists in alphabetical order were used during the early Roman Empire. It became commonplace after the Renaissance."
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"text": "Wikipedia includes hundreds of alphabetical glossaries; they can be found two ways: Bibliographies list sources on a given topic, for verification or further reading outside Wikipedia: Discographies catalog the sound recordings of individual artists or groups."
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d5d906440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of consonantal sound has a manner of articulation produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence? | The voiced velar fricative. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in various spoken languages. It is not found in Modern English but existed in Old English. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ ɣ ⟩, a Latinized variant of the Greek letter gamma, ⟨γ⟩, which has this sound in Modern Greek."
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"text": "For the voiced pre-velar fricative, also called post-palatal, see voiced palatal fricative . Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence."
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d5d906620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What kind of sound if laterally produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence occurs as ll of Welsh? | The lateral fricative. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The lateral fricative occurs as the ll of Welsh, as in Lloyd, Llewelyn, and Machynlleth ( [maˈxənɬɛθ], a town), as the unvoiced 'hl' and voiced 'dl' or 'dhl' in the several languages of Southern Africa (such as Xhosa and Zulu ), and in Mongolian."
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"text": "For the voiced pre-velar fricative, also called post-palatal, see voiced palatal fricative . Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence."
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d5d906b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Tenses of what, unmarked being a type, are inflectional forms which can be used to express that something occurs in the past, present, or future? | Verbs | text | [] | [
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"text": "Typically the unmarked verb is used for either the timeless habitual or the stative aspect or the past perfective tense–aspect combination. In general creoles tend to put less emphasis on marking tense than on marking aspect."
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"text": "Verb tenses are inflectional forms which can be used to express that something occurs in the past, present, or future. In English, the only tenses are past and non-past, though the term \"future\" is sometimes applied to periphrastic constructions involving modals such as \"will\"."
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d5d906da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which word in Hindu Goddess Kanya Kumari's name is derived from the Sanskrit language word meaning "Young Prepubescent Girl "? | Kumari | text | [] | [
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"text": "Kanyakumari is situated on the southernmost tip of Indian Ocean of Tamil Nadu. The worship of Devi Kanya Kumari here dates back to the Kumari Kandam, an ancient missing land. Kanya Kumari is a Hindu goddess."
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"text": "Kumari, or Kumari Devi, or Living Durga – Nepal, is the tradition of worshiping young prepubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in Asian religious traditions. The word Kumari is derived from the Sanskrit language \"Kumari\", meaning \"Young Prepubescent Girl \"."
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d5d907020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The name of the place which straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Saint John is derived from what? | The Middle English Suth-sæxe, which is in turn derived from the Old English Suth-Seaxe which means (land or people) of the South Saxons | text | [] | [
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"text": "Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy product producer in the province. It is home to Atlantic Canada's largest hot air balloon festival."
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"text": "The name \"Sussex\" is derived from the Middle English Suth-sæxe, which is in turn derived from the Old English Suth-Seaxe which means (land or people) of the South Saxons (cf. Essex, Middlesex and Wessex ). The South Saxons were a Germanic tribe that settled in the region from the North German Plain during the 5th and 6th centuries."
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d5d907340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Oral and lateral are both types of what thing which sonorants are a group of? | Consonants | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only. It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle."
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"text": "In most European languages, with a notable exception being Icelandic, vowels and other sonorants (consonants such as m, n, l, and r) are modally voiced . When used to classify speech sounds, voiced and unvoiced are merely labels used to group phones and phonemes together for the purposes of classification."
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d5d907520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The velarized alveolar lateral approximant is what type of sound, varieties of which are Oral and lateral? | Consonantal | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only. It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle."
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"text": "The velarized alveolar lateral approximant ( a.k.a. dark l) is a type of consonantal sound used in some languages. It is an alveolar, denti-alveolar, or dental lateral approximant, with a secondary articulation of velarization or pharyngealization."
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d5d907a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The symbols ⟨ θ ⟩ and [s̪͆] relate to what? | The International Phonetic Alphabet. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ θ ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is T. The IPA symbol is the Greek letter theta, which is used for this sound in post-classical Greek, and the sound is thus often referred to as \" theta \"."
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"text": "The transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet for interdental sibilants is [s̪͆] and [z̪͆] and for simple dental sibilants is [s̟] and [z̟]. When a fronted lisp does not have a sibilant quality, due to placing the lack of a grooved articulation, the IPA transcription would be [θ, ð] or variants thereof."
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d5d907f20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What phonetic notation that uses the lower case ž in contrast to the ž used by the International Phonetic Alphabet doesn't require a strict harmony? | American phonetic notation | text | [] | [
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"text": "Americanist phonetic notation does not require a strict harmony among character styles: letters from the Greek and Latin alphabets are used side-by-side."
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"text": "It is used in various contexts, usually denoting the voiced postalveolar fricative, the sound of English g in mirage, s in vision, or Portuguese and French j. In the International Phonetic Alphabet this sound is denoted with [ʒ], but the lowercase ž is used in the Americanist phonetic notation, as well as in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet."
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d5d908420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Does Chakraborty or Raja have a more royal usage? | Raja has a moral royal usage. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Chakraborty is a surname from the Indian subcontinent meaning ′Ruler of the country′ or 'Emperor'. It is derived from the Sanskrit words cakra (wheel) and 'vart' (to roll or turn) which metaphorically denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll without obstruction."
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"text": "Raja ( / ˈrɑːdʒɑː /; from Sanskrit राजन् rājan- ), is a royal title used for Indian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ."
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d5d9086a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Both ASL and the combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet use what? | They both use numerals. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Many sign languages, such as ASL, incorporate numerals. English has derived numerals for multiples of its base ( fifty, sixty, etc), and some languages have simplex numerals for these, or even for numbers between the multiples of its base."
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"text": "Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers in this system are represented by combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet. Modern usage employs seven symbols, each with a fixed integer value:"
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d5d908920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are the number of vowel sounds in most English accents and the uvular phonemes in Ubykh equal or unequal? | There are an equal amount of both. | text | [] | [
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"text": "For example, in the word yellow, y is a consonant. But in the word happy, y is a vowel. The rest of the letters of the alphabet are called vowels. Vowels are underdone, for there are about 20 vowel sounds in most English accents. p237 The vowels are:"
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"text": "Ubykh has 84 phonemic consonants, a record high amongst languages without click consonants, but only 2 phonemic vowels. Four of these consonants are found only in loanwords and onomatopoeiae. There are nine basic places of articulation for the consonants and extensive use of secondary articulation, such that Ubykh has 20 different uvular phonemes."
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d5d908ba0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What ancient Greek word is the technology behind the Hugshirt derived from? | Haptics is derived from the Greek word haptikos. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Haptic communication is a branch of nonverbal communication that refers to the ways in which people and animals communicate and interact via the sense of touch. Touch is the most sophisticated and intimate of the five senses. Touch or haptics, from the ancient Greek word haptikos is extremely important for communication; it is vital for survival."
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"text": "The Hugshirt is a wearable haptic telecommunication device that allows a wearer to send the feeling of a hug to a distant loved one. HugShirts feature touch sensors and haptic actuators that work together to capture and recreate touch over distance."
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d5d908e20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is itself an Early Medieval form of alphabet that is believed to have been first invented in Cialpine Gual around 600 BC by Gaulish druids? | Ogham | text | [] | [
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"text": "Macalister believed that ogham was first invented in Cisalpine Gaul around 600 BC by Gaulish druids as a secret system of hand signals, and was inspired by a form of the Greek alphabet current in Northern Italy at the time."
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"text": "Ogham itself is an Early Medieval form of alphabet or cipher, sometimes known as the \"Celtic Tree Alphabet\". A number of different numbering schemes are used. The most widespread is CIIC, after R. A. S. Macalister ( Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, Latin for \" corpus of Insular Celtic inscriptions\")."
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d5d9090a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of units of organization for a sequence of speech sounds would someone with palilalia be likely to repeat? | They would be likely to repeat syllables. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Palilalia (from the Greek πάλιν ( pálin) meaning \"again\" and λαλιά ( laliá) meaning \"speech\" or \"to talk\"), a complex tic, is a language disorder characterized by the involuntary repetition of syllables, words, or phrases."
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"text": "A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. It is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological \"building blocks\" of words.[1] They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic metre and its stress patterns. Speech can usually be divided up into a whole number of syllables: for example, the word ignite is made of two syllables: ig and nite."
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d5d909320dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Aequitas is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness and is the origin of what English word meaning 'justice according to natural law or right specifically, freedom from bias or favoritism'? | It's the origin of the word "equity" in English. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Aequitas ( genitive aequitatis) is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness. It is the origin of the English word \"equity\". In ancient Rome, it could refer to either the legal concept of equity, or fairness between individuals."
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"text": "Definition of equity1a: justice according to natural law or rightspecifically : freedom from bias or favoritismb: something that is equitable3a: a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive lawb: trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equityc: a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of law"
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d5d9095a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many alphabetic letters must a student of Islamic scripture be familiar with in order to properly study the subject? | 28, given that Arabic is the language of Islamic scripture, and the Arabic alphabet includes 28 letters. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Arab diaspora is established around the world. Though Islam started in Arabia, Arabic is the language of Islamic scripture, and most Arabs are Muslims. However, only about 20% of Muslims are Arabs. a Arab ethnicity should not be confused with non-Arab ethnicities that are also native to the Arab world."
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"text": "It is written from right to left in a cursive style and includes 28 letters. Most letters have contextual letterforms. The Arabic script is also a religious text, it is used mainly in Islamic countries, namely in Arabia, North Africa, Persia/Iran, Central Asia and the Northwestern Indian Subcontinent."
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d5d909820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How many letters are in the original script upon which the Pe (П п; italics: П п) letter of the Cyrillic script is based? | There are 24 letters. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Pe (П п; italics: П п) is a letter of the Cyrillic script . It commonly represents the unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive /p/, like the pronunciation of ⟨p⟩ in \"s p in\". The Cyrillic letter Pe was derived from the Greek letter Pi (Π π). The name of Pe in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was покои ( pokoi ), meaning \"peaceful state\"."
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"text": "These twenty-four letters (each in uppercase and lowercase forms) are: Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ /ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, and Ω ω . The Greek alphabet is the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts."
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d5d909fa0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is O and is it the most common letter in the English alphabet? | O, or o, is the fifteenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet and the fourth vowel letter in the modern English alphabet. It is the fourth most common letter in the English alphabet. | text | [] | [
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"text": "O, or o, is the fifteenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet and the fourth vowel letter in the modern English alphabet. Its name in English is o (pronounced / ˈoʊ / ), plural oes."
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"text": "The letter ⟨o⟩ is the fourth most common letter in the English alphabet.[2] Like the other English vowel letters, it has associated \"long\" and \"short\" pronunciations. The \"long\" ⟨o⟩ as in boat is actually most often a diphthong /oʊ/ (realized dialectically anywhere from [o] to [əʊ]). In English there is also a \"short\" ⟨o⟩ as in fox, /ɒ/, which sounds slightly different in different dialects."
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d5d90a220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What type of punishment also known as the death penalty derives from the Latin word capitalis? | Capital punishment | text | [] | [
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"text": "Etymologically, the term capital (lit. \"of the head\", derived via the Latin capitalis from caput, \"head\") describes execution by beheading, but executions are carried out by many methods including hanging, shooting, lethal injection, stoning, electrocution and gassing ."
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"text": "Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for a crime. The sentence ordering that someone is punished with the death penalty is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out such a sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner awaiting their execution is condemned and is \"on death row\". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital crimes, capital offences or capital felonies, and vary depending on the jurisdiction,"
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d5d90a4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Mongolian script whose obvious closest forebear is vertical Mongolian was created in what year? | Clear Script is an alphabet created in 1648 by the Oirat Buddhist monk Zaya Pandita. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It was developed on the basis of the Mongolian script with the goal of distinguishing all sounds in the spoken language, and to make it easier to transcribe Sanskrit and the Tibetic languages . Clear Script is a Mongolian script, whose obvious closest forebear is vertical Mongolian."
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"text": "Clear Script (Oirat: ᡐᡆᡑᡆᡋᡅᡒᡅᡎ, Тодо бичиг, [todo bit͡ʃ(ə)k], todo biçig; Mongolian: Тодо бичиг, ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ tod bichig, [tɔt bit͡ʃək], Russian Buryat: Тодо бэшэг, Todo besheg ([tɔdɔ bɛʃək]), or just todo) is an alphabet created in 1648 by the Oirat Buddhist monk Zaya Pandita for the Oirat language"
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d5d90a720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The assize that takes its name from Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire, the royal hunting lodge at which it was promulgated was an act of whom? | Henry II of England | text | [] | [
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"text": "The assize takes its name from Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire, the royal hunting lodge at which it was promulgated. In 1154, Henry II inherited the throne of a troubled England. In full swing were the Crusades, a military endeavour that kept noble landowners away from their castles for years at a time."
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"text": "The Assize of Clarendon was an act of Henry II of England in 1166 that began a transformation of English law and led to trial by jury in common law countries worldwide, and that established assize courts."
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d5d90a9a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the English name of the tennis tournament in Tarbes, France that had participant Martina Hingis becoming a slam winner? | Little champions. | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is often considered to be the European equivalent of the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida, United States due to the high number of international players that it attracts. The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become slam winners, including Rafael Nadal, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, and Jeļena Ostapenko ."
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"text": "Les Petits As (English: Little champions) is a premier junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14. It is held in Tarbes, France. It is often considered to be the European equivalent of the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida, United States due to the high number of international players that it attracts."
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d5d90ac20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What European country does the Les Petits As tennis tournament take place in, and is where the film Les Petits Mouchoirs was filmed in? | France. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Les Petits As (English: Little champions) is a premier junior tennis tournament for players aged 12–14. It is held in Tarbes, France. It is often considered to be the European equivalent of the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida, United States due to the high number of international players that it attracts."
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"text": "The shooting took place in Paris and Cap Ferret . The French title Les Petits Mouchoirs refers to a French expression mettre dans sa poche avec son mouchoir par-dessus, which means \"to put something in your pocket with your handkerchief on top of it\", in other words, to keep something hidden, try to forget about it, not want to think about it."
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d5d90aea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the term for the technique of a ballet dancer where they have their ball of the foot on the floor? | The demi-pointe/relevé. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A ballet dancer is expected to be able to be stately and regal for classical work, free and lyrical in neoclassical work, and unassuming, harsh or pedestrian for modern and contemporary work. In addition]"
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"text": "The foot of the supporting leg may be flat on the floor, on the ball of the foot (demi-pointe/relevé), or on the tips of the toes (en pointe). ( French pronunciation: [aʁɔ̃di]; meaning 'rounded') A position of the hand. Rounded, in contrast with allongé ('stretched out', as in arabesque)."
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d5d90b120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does a dancer in a studio have to undergo with a physician before they can do techniques like standing on the tips of the toes? | They need foot x-rays. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Oftentimes dance studios require their dancers to get x-rays performed on their feet and have their physician verify whether the dancer's feet are ready for pointe work. Another key determining factor is strength in the legs, feet, ankles and core."
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"text": "The foot of the supporting leg may be flat on the floor, on the ball of the foot (demi-pointe/relevé), or on the tips of the toes (en pointe). ( French pronunciation: [aʁɔ̃di]; meaning 'rounded') A position of the hand. Rounded, in contrast with allongé ('stretched out', as in arabesque)."
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d5d90b3a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What joints flex during the descent of the exercise considered vital for increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks? | During the descent of a squat, the hip and knee joints flex | text | [] | [
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"text": "Squats are considered a vital exercise for increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks. The pistols squat is a one legged squat common in crossfit exercises in which the non-working leg is kept horizontal. The burpee is a full body exercise used in strength training and as an aerobic exercise that involves a squat."
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"text": "During the descent of a squat, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up. Squats are considered a vital exercise for increasing the strength and size of the lower body muscles as well as developing core strength."
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d5d90b580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the primary muscles used during the exercise considered vital for increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks? | The primary agonist muscles used during the squat are the quadriceps femoris, the adductor magnus, and the gluteus maximus | text | [] | [
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"text": "Squats are considered a vital exercise for increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks. The pistols squat is a one legged squat common in crossfit exercises in which the non-working leg is kept horizontal. The burpee is a full body exercise used in strength training and as an aerobic exercise that involves a squat."
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"text": "The primary agonist muscles used during the squat are the quadriceps femoris, the adductor magnus, and the gluteus maximus. The squat also isometrically uses the erector spinae and the abdominal muscles, among others. The squat is one of the three lifts in the strength sport of powerlifting, together with the deadlift and the bench press."
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d5d90b800dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Who worked with professional wrestler Anthony Matteo towards the end of his CWC career? | The Godfather. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Godfather, was later known as \"The Equalizer\" and then ended his career as \"Gianni Corleone\" while working with Stetson toward the end of his career in the CWC."
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"text": "Anthony %22Tony%22 Matteo (born March 21, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, %22Hitman%22 Tony Stetson. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the 1990s."
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d5d90ba80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | When did The Godfather change his name while working with the professional wrestler named Anthony "Tony" Matteo? | Towards the ends of his career in the CWC. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Godfather, was later known as \"The Equalizer\" and then ended his career as \"Gianni Corleone\" while working with Stetson toward the end of his career in the CWC."
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"text": "Anthony %22Tony%22 Matteo (born March 21, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, %22Hitman%22 Tony Stetson. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the 1990s."
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d5d90bd00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Backbreaker and full nelson are both types of what? | Wrestling moves | text | [] | [
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"text": "Better known as a full nelson bomb, this move sees the wrestling apply a full nelson hold to the opponent from behind. The wrestler then lifts the opponent into the air and falls into a seated position, driving the opponent tailbone-first on to the mat. This move is used by Bubba Ray Dudley, who dubbed it the Bubba Bomb/Bully Bomb ."
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"text": "A backbreaker move in which the wrestler lifts an opponent up into an Argentine backbreaker or an overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack, so the opponent's back is resting on the wrestler's shoulder, with the opponent's head pointing in the direction that the wrestler is facing."
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d5d90bf80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A pinfall is a victory condition in what event that has moves called the Backbreaker and full nelson? | Wrestling | text | [] | [
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"text": "Better known as a full nelson bomb, this move sees the wrestling apply a full nelson hold to the opponent from behind. The wrestler then lifts the opponent into the air and falls into a seated position, driving the opponent tailbone-first on to the mat. This move is used by Bubba Ray Dudley, who dubbed it the Bubba Bomb/Bully Bomb ."
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"text": "A pinfall is a victory condition in various forms of professional wrestling that is met by holding (pinning) an opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat, usually until the referee counts to three. In professional wrestling, a pinfall is a common method of winning a match."
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"text": "A backbreaker move in which the wrestler lifts an opponent up into an Argentine backbreaker or an overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack, so the opponent's back is resting on the wrestler's shoulder, with the opponent's head pointing in the direction that the wrestler is facing."
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d5d90c700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | West Coast Pop and front flip DDT are both moves in what? | Wrestling | text | [] | [
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"text": "Also known as a front flip DDT. After applying a front facelock, the wrestler pushes off the mat with their legs to flip the opponent and drive them onto the top of their head in a manner similar to the flip piledriver. It has been used by Will Ospreay as Essex Destroyer ."
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"text": "It is the pin after the West Coast Pop, used by Rey Mysterio . Not to be confused with a schoolboy pin or a backslide pin. The attacking wrestler holds their opponent from behind in a waistlock. The attacking wrestler then performs a backward roll while holding the waistlock."
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d5d90c8e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Mr. Gannosuke and Rey Mysterio are both what? | Wrestlers | text | [] | [
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"text": "It is the pin after the West Coast Pop, used by Rey Mysterio . Not to be confused with a schoolboy pin or a backslide pin. The attacking wrestler holds their opponent from behind in a waistlock. The attacking wrestler then performs a backward roll while holding the waistlock."
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"text": "This move is also known as an arm trap somersault cradle. This was innovated and popularized by Mr. Gannosuke, who named it after himself. The Gedo Clutch has an attacking wrestler sit kneeling on the back of an opponent who is lying face down and facing the same way."
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d5d90cc00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Kesa-Gatame can be categorized to what grappling technique that is a dominant ground grappling position? | Side control hold. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In grappling, side control (often also called side mount, cross mount or sometimes scarfhold) is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant is lying perpendicularly over the face-up bottom combatant in such a way that the legs are free and he or she exerts no control over the combatant on the bottom."
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"text": "In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold. Many Judo throws lead naturally to Kesa-Gatame, since the classic judo hold places one grip on the opponent's lapel and one grip near the opponent's elbow. Then as one enters the ground phase, one arm goes around the opponent's neck and the other arm secures the opponent's arm."
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d5d90ce80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the kind of dominant ground grappling position, Kesa-Gatame is a natural result from many throws of what sport? | Judo. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In grappling, side control (often also called side mount, cross mount or sometimes scarfhold) is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant is lying perpendicularly over the face-up bottom combatant in such a way that the legs are free and he or she exerts no control over the combatant on the bottom."
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"text": "In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold. Many Judo throws lead naturally to Kesa-Gatame, since the classic judo hold places one grip on the opponent's lapel and one grip near the opponent's elbow. Then as one enters the ground phase, one arm goes around the opponent's neck and the other arm secures the opponent's arm."
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d5d90d100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Acro dance, acrobatics, cheerleading and gymnastics all use the kind of pose that is used in yoga called a Adho Mukha Vrksasana? | Handstand. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Handstands are used in many activities, including acro dance, acrobatics, cheerleading and gymnastics. Some type of handstand is performed on all gymnastic equipment. Many tumbling skills pass through a handstand position as part of the action. Breakdancers use handstands in freezes and kicks."
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"text": "Handstands are known by various other names. In yoga, the handstand is known as Adho Mukha Vrksasana (pronounced AHD-hoh MOOK-hah vrik-SHAH-sah-nah) translating to Downward-facing Tree Pose, and in capoeira it is named bananeira . There are two basic handstands used in modern gymnastics: curved-back and straight-back."
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d5d90d600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Kesa-Gatame is considered as what kind of grappling technique that sometimes called scarfhold? | A side control. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold. Many Judo throws lead naturally to Kesa-Gatame, since the classic judo hold places one grip on the opponent's lapel and one grip near the opponent's elbow. Then as one enters the ground phase, one arm goes around the opponent's neck and the other arm secures the opponent's arm."
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"text": "In grappling, side control (often also called side mount, cross mount or sometimes scarfhold) is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant is lying perpendicularly over the face-up bottom combatant in such a way that the legs are free and he or she exerts no control over the combatant on the bottom."
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d5d90d880dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Judo Kesa-Gatame and the high mount both fall under what kind of wrestling? | Grappling. | text | [] | [
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"text": "In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold. Many Judo throws lead naturally to Kesa-Gatame, since the classic judo hold places one grip on the opponent's lapel and one grip near the opponent's elbow. Then as one enters the ground phase, one arm goes around the opponent's neck and the other arm secures the opponent's arm."
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"text": "A high mount can be used to pin one of the opponents arms under the knee, so as to prevent him or her from defending effectively. This however might increase the risk of the opponent being able to escape the back door, in which he or she is able to move under the opponent and escape the mount."
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d5d90db00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In most professional boxing fights, what number of judges need to rule for the same boxer for a decision to be unanimous? | Three | text | [] | [
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"text": "If all judges rule for the same boxer, the decision is referred to as a unanimous decision. The majority decision is frequently confused with the term split decision, but they are not the same. A split decision occurs when two judges pick the same fighter as the winner, while the third judge decides that the opposite fighter won."
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"text": "In most professional boxing and mixed martial arts fights, there are three judges. In a \"ten-point system\", a judge must award a fighters whom s/he judged as have \"won the round\" ten points, while the other boxer receives nine points or less."
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d5d90dd80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In the phenomenon where humans quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness after negativity, what is the baseline of happiness referred to as? | A set point. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes."
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"text": "Hedonic adaptation is a process or mechanism that reduces the affective impact of emotional events. Generally, hedonic adaptation involves a happiness \"set point\", whereby humans generally maintain a constant level of happiness throughout their lives, despite events that occur in their environment."
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d5d90e000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What involves a happiness "set point" and has humans quickly returning to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major negative events? | The hedonic treadmill. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes."
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"text": "Hedonic adaptation is a process or mechanism that reduces the affective impact of emotional events. Generally, hedonic adaptation involves a happiness \"set point\", whereby humans generally maintain a constant level of happiness throughout their lives, despite events that occur in their environment."
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d5d90e280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Both the cattle catch and the crucifix neck crank are colloquially referred to simply as the what, which the ground grappling position that involves being perpendicularly behind the opponent, chest against back, and controlling the opponent's arms, puts an opponent in a position resembling? | Crucifix | text | [] | [
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"text": "The crucifix position is a ground grappling position that involves being perpendicularly behind the opponent, chest against back, and controlling the opponent's arms. One of the opponent's arms is controlled using the legs, and the other using the arms, hence effectively putting the opponent in a position resembling a crucifix."
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"text": "By cranking the body upwards while keeping a tight hold on the opponents arms, the opponents head is forced towards his or her chest. Both the cattle catch and the crucifix neck crank are colloquially referred to simply as the crucifix, which often leads to confusion with the traditional crucifix position ."
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d5d90e500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | In tennis, the Australian formation and the feat achieved by nine wheelchair tennis players can be used in what type of game? | Doubles. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The term is rarely used in doubles, although the feat has been more common in that discipline. It has been achieved individually by nine wheelchair tennis players and three able-bodied players ( Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Daniel Nestor ), and by three teams ( The Woodies, the Williams sisters, and the Bryan brothers )."
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"text": "Australian formation: In doubles, a formation where the server and partner stand on the same side of the court before starting the point. Backcourt: The area of the tennis court between the baseline and the service line. Backhand: Stroke in which the ball is hit with the back of the racket hand facing the ball at the moment of contact."
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d5d90e780dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What sport has a stroke called the backhand and the baseline which indicates the boundary of the area of play? | Tennis. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Backcourt: The area of the tennis court between the baseline and the service line. Backhand: Stroke in which the ball is hit with the back of the racket hand facing the ball at the moment of contact. A backhand is often hit by a right-handed player when the ball is on the left side of the court, and vice versa."
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"text": "Baseline: Line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play. If the ball goes over the baseline it will be the other player's point. baseliner: Player who plays around the baseline during play and relies on the quality of their ground strokes."
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d5d90ea00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What multi-sport event recognized by the International Paralympic Committee is held every every for years after the Asian Games? | The Asian Para Games are held every four years athletes with physical disabilities. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Games are recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Paralympic Games . In its history, three nations have hosted the Asian Para Games and Forty-four nations have participated in the Games."
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"text": "The Asian Para Games also known as Para Asiad is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city. However, the exclusion of Asian Para Games from Asian Games host city contract meant that both events run independently of each other. The Games are recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Paralympic Games."
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d5d90ec80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the name of the wrestling team containing Chris Harris that competed in the same league that Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards were five-time champions of? | America's Most Wanted was the team featuring Chris Harris that competed in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). | text | [] | [
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"text": "America's Most Wanted (shortened to AMW) was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Chris Harris and James Storm, who competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). They were managed in the later stage of their pairing by Gail Kim."
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"text": "It is not to be confused with American Pit Bull Terrier or pitbulls. The American Wolves were a professional wrestling tag team which consisted of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards. They are seven-time world tag team champions being five-time TNA World Tag Team Champions and two-time ROH World Tag Team Champions ."
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d5d90f180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which wrestling move requires more lifting of a person: The brainbuster or the iron claw? | The brainbuster requires more lifting. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Also known as the \" iron claw \", the claw involves the attacker gripping the top of the head of the opponent with one hand and squeezing the tips of their fingers into the opponent's skull, thereby applying five different points of pressure. This can be transitioned into a clawhold STO or iron claw slam ."
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"text": "A brainbuster is a move in which a wrestler puts their opponent in a front facelock, hooks their tights, and lifts them up as if they were performing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then jumps up and falls onto their back so that the opponent lands on their head while remaining vertical."
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d5d90f400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Could you perform a sleeper hold and a brainbuster from the same position or would you have to be in different positions? | You could perform them in the same position. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The attacking wrestler can then arch backwards, pulling the opponent's head downward. This move sees the attacker kneel behind a sitting opponent and wrap around one arm under the opponent's chin and lock their hands. As with a sleeper hold, this move can also be performed from a standing position."
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"text": "A brainbuster is a move in which a wrestler puts their opponent in a front facelock, hooks their tights, and lifts them up as if they were performing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then jumps up and falls onto their back so that the opponent lands on their head while remaining vertical."
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d5d90f900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Danzón and jazz-funk are both examples of what? | Dance styles | text | [] | [
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"text": "The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—sometimes called \"new style\"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called \"jazz-funk\". Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip-hop dances that were performed on the street."
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"text": "Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and is still beloved in Puerto Rico. The danzón evolved from the Cuban contradanza (also known as the habanera )."
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d5d90fb80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | During the competition that was inspired by games held in Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD, what type of relay events are available for four swimmers? | Four swimmers can participate in a freestyle or medley relay. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay."
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"text": "The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, alternating between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years in the four-year period.Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπιακοί Ἀγῶνες), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896."
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d5d910080dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What peninsula did the winner of the stadion race at the first recorded Olympics come from? | Coroebus, the winner of the stadion race at the first recorded Olympics, was from Elis, on the Peloponnese peninsula. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Coroebus of Elis, commonly spelled Koroibos ( Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος), was a Greek cook, baker and athlete from Elis, who won the stadion race in the first recorded Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC. The stadion race of the Greeks seem to have been accurately recorded."
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"text": "Elis or Ilia (Greek: Ηλεία, Ileia) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece. It is situated in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its capital is Pyrgos."
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d5d910300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The ancient Olympic Games included several combat-related sports including armored foot races, boxing, wrestling, and which sport that was an empty-hand submission sport with few rules similar to modern mixed martial arts? | Pankration | text | [] | [
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"text": "The ancient Olympic Games included several combat-related sports: armored foot races, boxing, wrestling, and pankration, which was introduced in the Olympic Games of 648 BCE. In ancient China, combat sport appeared in the form of lei tai."
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"text": "Pankration was a sporting event introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC and was an empty-hand submission sport with few rules. The athletes used boxing and wrestling techniques, but also others, such as kicking, holds, joint-locks, and chokes on the ground, making it similar to modern mixed martial arts. The term comes from the Greek παγκράτιον [paŋkrátion], meaning all of power, from πᾶν (pan) all and κράτος (kratos) strength, might, power."
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d5d910620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Two Romanian Dances are a piano work written by what composer considered with Franz Liszt to be Hungary's two greatest composers? | The Two Romanian Dances are a piano work written by Béla Bartók. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Two Romanian Dances ( Két Román Tánc in Hungarian ), Op. 8a, are a piano work written by Béla Bartók, based on Romanian folk music."
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"text": "Béla Viktor János Bartók (/ˈbeɪlə ˈbɑːrtɒk/; Hungarian: Bartók Béla, pronounced [ˈbɒrtoːk ˈbeːlɒ]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers.[1] Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became ethnomusicology."
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d5d9108a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is The Olympic Laurel and when was it introduced? | The Olympic Laurel is a distinction awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to honour those who have "made significant achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport". The Olympic Laurel is a distinction awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to honour those who have "made significant achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport".It was introduced in 2016 to implement part of recommendation 26 of Olympic Agenda 2020,[1] and will be presented during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Olympic Laurel is a distinction awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to honour those who have \"made significant achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport\"."
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"text": "It was introduced in 2016 to implement part of recommendation 26 of Olympic Agenda 2020,[1] and will be presented during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. IOC President Thomas Bach stated that the award reconnects the Olympics the ideals and values of the Ancient Olympic Games.[2] The trophy features a laurel wreath and the Olympic rings which are made out of Fairmined Gold and the base is a stone from Ancient Olympia."
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d5d910da0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is a Greek cross more similar to a Latin cross or the Cross of Lorraine? | It's more similar to a Latin cross. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Cross of Lorraine consists of one vertical and two horizontal bars. The two-barred cross consists of a vertical line crossed by two shorter horizontal bars. In most renditions, the horizontal bars are \"graded\" with the upper bar being the shorter, though variations with the bars of equal length are also seen."
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"text": "Cruciform means having the shape of a cross or Christian cross . Christian churches are commonly described as having a cruciform architecture. In Early Christian, Byzantine and other Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross, with arms of equal length or, later, a cross-in-square plan."
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"text": "Most crucifixes portray Jesus on a Latin cross, rather than any other shape, such as a Tau cross or a Coptic cross . Western crucifixes usually have a three-dimensional corpus, but in Eastern Orthodoxy Jesus' body is normally painted on the cross, or in low relief."
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d5d911020dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What do a literary allegory and an allegorical sculpture deliver? | A broader abstract idea or message. | text | [] | [
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"text": "As a literary device, an allegory is a narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences."
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"text": "Allegorical sculpture are sculptures of personifications of abstract ideas as in allegory. Common in the western world, for example, are statues of Lady Justice representing justice, traditionally holding scales and a sword, and the statues of Prudence, representing Truth by holding a mirror and squeezing a serpent."
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d5d911340dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A human face surrounded by twelve or sixteen rays, light pillars, circular halos, and crosses with rays are all examples of what type of symbol? | Solar | text | [] | [
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"text": "A solar symbol is a symbol representing the Sun. Common solar symbols include circles (with or without rays), crosses, and spirals. In religious iconography, personifications of the Sun or solar attributes are indicated by means of a halo or a radiate crown ."
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"text": "Among the best known halo types are the circular halo (properly called the 22° halo ), light pillars, and sun dogs, but many others occur; some are fairly common while others are (extremely) rare."
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"text": "The most usual form, often called sun in splendour or in his glory, consists of a round disc with the features of a human face surrounded by twelve or sixteen rays alternating wavy and straight. The alternating straight and wavy rays are often said to represent the light and heat of the sun respectively."
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d5d9115c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What fylfot type symbol associated with Odin were the Nazi's the most recent users of? | The swastika shape is known by many names and has been around a very long time. | text | [] | [
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"text": "When considered as a four-fold rotational symmetrical analogue of the triskele, the symbol is sometimes also referred to as tetraskele . The swastika symbol in the Germanic Iron Age has been interpreted as having a sacral meaning, associated with either Odin or Thor. A number of bracteates, with or without runic inscriptions, show a swastika."
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"text": "The adoption of the swastika by the Nazis and neo-Nazis is the most recognisable modern use of the symbol in the Western world."
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"text": "The swastika is an icon which is widely found in both human history and the modern world.[12][8] In various forms, it is otherwise known (in various European languages) as the fylfot, gammadion, tetraskelion, or cross cramponnée (a term in Anglo-Norman heraldry);"
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d5d911840dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | W/m 2 and joule are both part of what system? | SI | text | [] | [
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"text": "In physics, intensity of radiant energy is the power transferred per unit area, where the area is measured on the plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the energy. In the SI system, it has units watts per square metre (W/m 2 ), or kg ⋅ s −3 in base units."
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"text": "The SI unit of energy is the joule, which is the energy transferred to an object by the work of moving it a distance of 1 metre against a force of 1 newton . The Sun is the source of energy for most of life on Earth. It derives its energy mainly from nuclear fusion in its core, converting mass to energy as protons are combined to form helium."
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d5d911a20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | How would the radiant form of the quantity measured in joules be measured in terms of intensity? | The power transferred per unit area, where the area is measured on the plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the energy | text | [] | [
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"text": "In physics, intensity of radiant energy is the power transferred per unit area, where the area is measured on the plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the energy. In the SI system, it has units watts per square metre (W/m 2 ), or kg ⋅ s −3 in base units."
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"text": "The SI unit of energy is the joule, which is the energy transferred to an object by the work of moving it a distance of 1 metre against a force of 1 newton . The Sun is the source of energy for most of life on Earth. It derives its energy mainly from nuclear fusion in its core, converting mass to energy as protons are combined to form helium."
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d5d911ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Joules per coulomb and kPa are both examples of what? | Units of measurement | text | [] | [
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"text": "In short, electric potential is the electric potential energy per unit charge. This value can be calculated in either a static (time-invariant) or a dynamic (varying with time) electric field at a specific time in units of joules per coulomb ( J⋅C−1 ), or volts ( V ). The electric potential at infinity is assumed to be zero."
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"text": "A partial pressure of 101.325 kPa (absolute) (1 atm, 1.01325 bar) for each gaseous reagent. This pressure is used because most literature data are still given for this value (1 atm) rather than for the current standard of 100 kPa (1 bar). An activity of unity for each pure solid, pure liquid, or for water (solvent)."
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d5d912100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A potentiometer measures what force which is seen in the depolarization of skeletal muscle fibers in end plate potentials? | Voltage. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Both are taken from recordings at the mouse neuromuscular junction. End plate potentials ( EPPs) are the voltages which cause depolarization of skeletal muscle fibers caused by neurotransmitters binding to the postsynaptic membrane in the neuromuscular junction."
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"text": "A potentiometer is an instrument for measuring voltage or 'potential difference' by comparison of an unknown voltage with a known reference voltage. If a sensitive indicating instrument is used, very little current is drawn from the source of the unknown voltage."
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d5d912380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Radioactive and Nuclear are both types of what? | Waste | text | [] | [
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"text": "Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. Radioactive waste is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, rare-earth mining, and nuclear weapons reprocessing."
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"text": "Nuclear waste requires sophisticated treatment and management to successfully isolate it from interacting with the biosphere. This usually necessitates treatment, followed by a long-term management strategy involving storage, disposal or transformation of the waste into a non-toxic form."
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d5d912600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What does high-level versions of the type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material require? | It requires sophisticated treatment and management to successfully isolate it from the biosphere. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. Radioactive waste is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, rare-earth mining, and nuclear weapons reprocessing."
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"text": "Consequently, high-level radioactive waste requires sophisticated treatment and management to successfully isolate it from the biosphere. This usually necessitates treatment, followed by a long-term management strategy involving permanent storage, disposal or transformation of the waste into a non-toxic form."
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d5d912d80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Applying a strong electric field across piezoelectric materials to generate a small electrical voltage is an example of a process which is what? | Reversible | text | [] | [
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"text": "Piezoelectricmaterial generates a small electrical voltage, when its shape is deformed. This can be by as little as a 0.09% change, and can produce 12mAh worth of electricity at 230V (standard power output)."
},
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"text": "Look up Poling or poling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poling (piezoelectricity), applying a strong electric field across piezoelectric materials Poling (horse), in equestrianism, hitting a horse on the legs to encourage it to clear a jump"
},
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"text": "The piezoelectric effect is a reversible process: materials exhibiting the piezoelectric effect (the internal generation of electrical charge resulting from an applied mechanical force) also exhibit the reverse piezoelectric effect, the internal generation of a mechanical strain resulting from an applied electrical field."
}
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d5d913820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Forked River section of Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey contains a station of what type, of which SONGS and نیروگاه اتمی بوشهر are both examples of? | Nuclear power plant | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant ( Persian: نیروگاه اتمی بوشهر ) is a nuclear power plant in Iran 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of the city of Bushehr, between the fishing villages of Halileh and Bandargeh along the Persian Gulf ."
},
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"text": "San Onofre, Sucre, a municipality in the Sucre Department of Colombia San Onofre State Park, a state beach located in San Diego County, California San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a nuclear power plant adjacent to the state beach"
},
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"text": "Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Station was a single unit 636 MWe boiling water reactor power plant in the United States. The plant is located on an 800-acre (3.2 km 2) site adjacent to Oyster Creek in the Forked River section of Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey."
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d5d914900dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The largest thermal power plant operated by the company who would restart a mothballed natural gas power plant is found in what country? | Japan. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A total of six units (18 generators) were constructed, making it the largest thermal power plant operated by Tohoku Electric and one of the largest in Japan."
},
{
"text": "In the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant a fire broke out in the turbine section of the plant. In order to make up for the loss of electricity from the damaged reactor plant, Tohoku announced it would restart a mothballed natural gas power plant."
}
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d5d914b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | RPS is a regulation that requires the increased production of what, which is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly? | Renewable energy | text | [] | [
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"text": "Renewable energy is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth."
},
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"text": "A renewable portfolio standard ( RPS) is a regulation that requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. Other common names for the same concept include Renewable Electricity Standard ( RES) at the United States federal level and Renewables Obligation in the UK ."
}
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d5d915120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | A static shock is the result of what kind of discharge that is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects cause by contact an electrical short, or dielectric breakdown? | A static shock is an electrostatic discharge. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The familiar phenomenon of a static shock – more specifically, an electrostatic discharge – is caused by the neutralization of charge."
},
{
"text": "Electrostatic discharge(ESD) is the sudden flow of electricitybetween two electrically charged objects cause by contact an electrical short, or dielectric breakdown. A buildup of static electricitycan be caused by tribochargingor by electrostatic induction."
}
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d5d915300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Orot Rabin and the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm are both what? | Power station. | text | [] | [
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"text": "the plant is Israel's largest power station with its 2,590 MW representing about 19% of the Israel Electric Corporation's total generation capacity (that is, unless Phase D expansion at the Rutenberg Power Station in Ashkelon will be built, at which point the latter would surpass Orot Rabin as Israel's largest power station)."
},
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"text": "The Desert Sunlight Solar Farm is a 550 megawatt (MW AC) photovoltaic power station approximately six miles north of Desert Center, California, in the Mojave Desert. It uses approximately 8.8 million cadmium telluride modules made by the US thin-film manufacturer First Solar."
}
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d5d915580dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What can be conceptualized as a stream of photons and that an electromagnetic force is responsible for? | Electromagnetic radiation. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The electromagnetic force is carried by electromagnetic fields composed of electric fields and magnetic fields, and it is responsible for electromagnetic radiation such as light. It is one of the four fundamental interactions (commonly called forces) in nature, together with the strong interaction, the weak interaction, and gravitation."
},
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"text": "Because electromagnetic (EM) radiation can be conceptualized as a stream of photons, radiant energy can be viewed as photon energy – the energy carried by these photons. Alternatively, EM radiation can be viewed as an electromagnetic wave, which carries energy in its oscillating electric and magnetic fields."
}
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d5d9158a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is emitted by a source into the surrounding environment and that IR is a form of? | Electromagnetic radiation. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "As a form of electromagnetic radiation, IR propagates energy and momentum, with properties corresponding to both those of a wave and of a particle, the photon ."
},
{
"text": "In branches of physics other than radiometry, electromagnetic energy is referred to using E or W. The term is used particularly when electromagnetic radiation is emitted by a source into the surrounding environment. This radiation may be visible or invisible to the human eye."
}
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d5d915b20dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Refuse, trash and rubbish are all what type of physical object? | Waste. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. Some common terms are dustbin, garbage can, and trash can. The words \"rubbish\", \"basket\" and \"bin\" are more common in British English usage; \"trash\" and \"can\" are more common in American English usage."
},
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"text": "Though waste is a physical object, its generation is a physical and psychological process. In the United States, people who work with waste professionally use four terms - trash, garbage, refuse, and rubbish; trash is dry, garbage is wet, refuse is both and rubbish is refuse plus construction and demolition debris."
}
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d5d916200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The Parali Thermal Power Plant and the second largest power producing company in India are located where? | Maharashtra. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Mahanirmiti or Mahagenco ( Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited - MSPGCL) formerly known as MSEB (Maharashtra State Electricity Board) is the major power generating company in the state of Maharashtra, Western India. With a total generation of 14400 MW, it is the second largest power producing company in India."
},
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"text": "Parali Thermal Power Plant is located at Parali Vaijnath in Beed district of Maharashtra. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco)."
}
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d5d916480dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | At what type of facility also known as a generating station would machines like a reciprocating gas engine be used to turn heat energy into mechanical energy? | A Fossil fuel power station | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fossil fuel power stations have machinery to convert the heat energy of combustion into mechanical energy, which then operates an electrical generator. The prime mover may be a steam turbine, a gas turbine or, in small plants, a reciprocating gas engine. All plants use the energy extracted from expanding gas, either steam or combustion gases."
},
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"text": "\"Power plant\" redirects here. For other uses, see Power plant (disambiguation). A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid ."
}
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d5d916700dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What motor that generates it's electromotive force backwards needs AC backup and AC distribution systems to protect its loads distribution system? | A DC motor | text | [] | [
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"text": "The mechanical power produced by the motor is given by: As an unloaded DC motor spins, it generates a backwards-flowing electromotive force that resists the current being applied to the motor. The current through the motor drops as the rotational speed increases, and a free-spinning motor has very little current."
},
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"text": "A typical power system for a switching office in an inside plant consists of the elements listed below: AC distribution system (essential and non-essential loads) AC backup systems for uninterruptible loads and protected loads DC distribution system."
}
] |
d5d916980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are the main components of the fuels that would be most likely to be used by the Hinkley Point A power station in Somerset? | Either uranium-235 or plutonium-239, since the station uses a nuclear reactor. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hinkley Point A nuclear power station is a decommissioned Magnox nuclear power station located on a 19.4-hectare (48-acre) site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, 5 miles (8 km) west of the River Parrett estuary. The ongoing decommissioning process is being managed by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority licensee Magnox Ltd ."
},
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"text": "A nuclear reactor is a machine that uses fission to generate heat. There are different designs which use different fuels. Most often, uranium-235 or plutonium-239 are the main components of these fuels. Most nuclear reactors are used to make electricity."
}
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d5d916c00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What product was most likely the output of the station located on the Bristol Channel coast about 5 miles west of the River Parrett estuary that has since been decommissioned? | Most nuclear reactors, such as the Hinkley Point A nuclear power station, are used to make electricity. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Hinkley Point A nuclear power station is a decommissioned Magnox nuclear power station located on a 19.4-hectare (48-acre) site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, 5 miles (8 km) west of the River Parrett estuary. The ongoing decommissioning process is being managed by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority licensee Magnox Ltd ."
},
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"text": "A nuclear reactor is a machine that uses fission to generate heat. There are different designs which use different fuels. Most often, uranium-235 or plutonium-239 are the main components of these fuels. Most nuclear reactors are used to make electricity."
}
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d5d916e80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Do the liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor and The Ministry of Defence's Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment have the same number of letters in their acronyms or a different number? | They have the same number of letters in their acronyms. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations at Derby is the centre for design and manufacture of the UK's submarine reactors. The Ministry of Defence 's Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment (NRTE), at Dounreay, tested each reactor core design prior to its installation in nuclear submarines."
},
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"text": "A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, liquid metal fast reactor or LMFR is an advanced type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for nuclear submarine use but have also been extensively studied for power generation applications."
}
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d5d9171a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Of the acronyms for the liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor and The Ministry of Defence's Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment, which acronyms has a last letter that is higher up in the alphabetical order? | The Ministry of Defence's Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment has a last letter that is higher up in the alphabetical order. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations at Derby is the centre for design and manufacture of the UK's submarine reactors. The Ministry of Defence 's Vulcan Nuclear Reactor Testing Establishment (NRTE), at Dounreay, tested each reactor core design prior to its installation in nuclear submarines."
},
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"text": "A liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, liquid metal fast reactor or LMFR is an advanced type of nuclear reactor where the primary coolant is a liquid metal. Liquid metal cooled reactors were first adapted for nuclear submarine use but have also been extensively studied for power generation applications."
}
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d5d917420dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Which has more acronyms: electrocardiogram or Capillary electrophoresis? | Electrocardiogram has more acronyms. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram ( ECG or EKG ). It is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes placed on the skin."
},
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"text": "Capillary electrophoresis ( CE) is a family of electrokinetic separation methods performed in submillimeter diameter capillaries and in micro- and nanofluidic channels."
}
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d5d9176a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What letter(s) do the acronyms for electrocardiogram and Capillary electrophoresis share? | They share a "C" and an "E. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram ( ECG or EKG ). It is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes placed on the skin."
},
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"text": "Capillary electrophoresis ( CE) is a family of electrokinetic separation methods performed in submillimeter diameter capillaries and in micro- and nanofluidic channels."
}
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d5d917920dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Would you find the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant and the Fu in the same country or in different countries? | They would be found in different countries. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Fu ( Chinese: 府; pinyin: fǔ) is a traditional administrative division of Chinese origin used in the East Asian cultural sphere, translated variously as commandery, prefecture, urban prefecture, or city."
},
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"text": "The Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (美浜発電所, Mihama hatsudensho, Mihama NPP) is operated by The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. and is in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, about 320 km west of Tokyo. It is on a site that is 520,000 m 2 of which 60% is green space."
}
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d5d918460dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Are both the Gadarwara and Anuppur Thermal Power Projects being supplied and commissioned by the same provider? | Bharat Heavy Electrical is the critical supplier for Gadarwara, while Anuppur is commissioned by Hindustan Powerprojects. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station is a coal based thermal power project located at near by Gangai village in Gadarwara Tehsil in Narsinghpur District in Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC Limited. Bharat Heavy Electricals and [1] are the critical equipment supplier."
},
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"text": "The Anuppur Thermal Power Project or ATPP as popularly cited is a 2520- megawatt (MW) coal -based thermal power station located in Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The project is being commissioned by Hindustan Powerprojects (formerly Moser Baer )."
}
] |
d5d9186e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the half-life of the material that light water reactors require in a concentration of about 3%? | This material has a half-life of 703.8 million years. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Nuclear weapons take a concentration of 90% uranium-235, and light water reactors require a concentration of roughly 3% uranium-235. Unenriched natural uranium is appropriate fuel for a heavy-water reactor, like a CANDU reactor ."
},
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"text": "Uranium-235 has a half-life of 703.8 million years. It was discovered in 1935 by Arthur Jeffrey Dempster. Its fission cross section for slow thermal neutrons is about 584.3±1 barns.[1] For fast neutrons it is on the order of 1 barn.[2] Most but not all neutron absorptions result in fission; a minority result in neutron capture forming uranium-236."
}
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d5d918a00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What state serviced by Pacific Gas and Electric is closest to the headquarters of Panhandle Eastern pipeline company? | Nevada is closest to their Texas headquarters. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LPis a natural gaspipeline in the United Stateswhich brings natural gas from the panhandle region of Oklahomaeast through the Midwestto supply Indianaand Ohio. It is owned by Panhandle Energy - Southern UnionGas Company - Energy Transfer MLP. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.[1]"
},
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"text": "The company is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, in San Francisco California. PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 million households in the northern two-thirds of California, from Bakersfield and northern Santa Barbara County, almost to the Oregon and Nevada state lines."
}
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d5d918c80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | The first hydroelectric plant in Saskatchewan is on a river named after which person? | Island Falls, teh first hydroelectric power plant in Saskatchewan, is on the Churchill River, which was named for John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Island Falls is a hydroelectric power station operated by SaskPower, a Saskatchewan crown corporation. It is located on the Churchill River, about sixty miles (100 km) northwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada . Island Falls was the first hydroelectric power plant in Saskatchewan."
},
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"text": "The Churchill River (French: Rivière Churchill)[1][3] is a major river in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. From the head of the Churchill Lake it is 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) long.[2] It was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1685 to 1691.The Cree name for the river is Missinipi, meaning \"big waters\".[4]"
}
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d5d918f00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Is the Amarkantak Plant the only coal based power plan in the area. | No, the Anuppur Thermal Power Project is also a coal-based power station that is located in the same district, the Anuppur District. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Amarkantak Thermal Power Plant is located at Amlai railway station on Bilaspur - Katni section of SE Railway. It is situated at Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of MPPGCL"
},
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"text": "The Anuppur Thermal Power Project or ATPP as popularly cited is a 2520- megawatt (MW) coal -based thermal power station located in Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The project is being commissioned by Hindustan Powerprojects (formerly Moser Baer )."
}
] |
d5d919180dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What must one disregard if they want to state that the sun, in its processes of nuclear fusion, is creating energy? | The law of conservation of energy, which says that energy cannot be created, only converted in form. | text | [] | [
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"text": "The Sun is the source of energy for most of life on Earth. It derives its energy mainly from nuclear fusion in its core, converting mass to energy as protons are combined to form helium. This energy is transported to the sun's surface then released into space mainly in the form of radiant (light) energy. Extensive? Conserved? Concerning ... Heat \""
},
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"text": "In physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object. Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed."
}
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d5d919400dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is the Cree name of the river on which the Island Falls hydroelectric plant is located? | Missinipi is the Cree name for the Churchill River, on which the Island Falls hydroelectric plant is located. | text | [] | [
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"text": "Island Falls is a hydroelectric power station operated by SaskPower, a Saskatchewan crown corporation. It is located on the Churchill River, about sixty miles (100 km) northwest of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada . Island Falls was the first hydroelectric power plant in Saskatchewan."
},
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"text": "The Churchill River (French: Rivière Churchill)[1][3] is a major river in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. From the head of the Churchill Lake it is 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) long.[2] It was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1685 to 1691.The Cree name for the river is Missinipi, meaning \"big waters\".[4]"
}
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d5d919680dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What are Electrical measurements and what are High-precision laboratory measurements of electrical quantities used for? | Electrical measurements are the methods, devices and calculations used to measure electrical quantities. High-precision laboratory measurements of electrical quantities are used in experiments to determine fundamental physical properties such as the charge of the electron or the speed of light, and in the definition of the units for electrical measurements, with precision in some cases on the order of a few parts per million. | text | [] | [
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"text": "High-precision laboratory measurements of electrical quantities are used in experiments to determine fundamental physical properties such as the charge of the electron or the speed of light, and in the definition of the units for electrical measurements, with precision in some cases on the order of a few parts per million."
},
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"text": "Electrical measurements are the methods, devices and calculations used to measure electrical quantities. Measurement of electrical quantities may be done to measure electrical parameters of a system."
}
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d5d919b80dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a gas-fired power plant and hpw much CO2 does it emit? | A gas-fired power plant or gas-fired power station or natural gas power plant is a thermal power station which burns natural gas to generate electricity.Gas-fired power stations emit about 500g of CO 2 per kWh of electricity generated. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A gas-fired power plant or gas-fired power station or natural gas power plant is a thermal power station which burns natural gas to generate electricity. Natural gas power stations generates almost a quarter of world electricity and a significant part of global greenhouse gas emissions and thus global warming."
},
{
"text": "Gas-fired power stations emit about 500g of CO2 per kWh of electricity generated. This is about half that of coal-fired power stations but in general more than ten times that of nuclear power and renewable energy. Life-cycle emissions generally show a similar pattern, unless skewed by methane emissions such as from gas leaks."
}
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d5d919e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | Electrical rates are designed so that customers with high load factor are charged less overall per kWh, which along with other processes, is known as what use of various techniques by electrical power stations to store excess electrical power during low demand periods for release as demand rises? | It's known as load balancing. | text | [] | [
{
"text": "Electrical rates are designed so that customers with high load factor are charged less overall per kWh. This process along with others is called load balancing or peak shaving. The load factor is closely related to and often confused with the demand factor ."
},
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"text": "Load balancing, load matching, or daily peak demand reserve refers to the use of various techniques by electrical power stations to store excess electrical power during low demand periods for release as demand rises.[1] The aim is for the power supply system to have a load factor of 1."
}
] |
d5d91a300dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What is a switched-mode power supply and what source does it transfer power from? | A switched-mode power supply ( switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, SMPS, or switcher) is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently. An SMPS transfers power from a DC or AC source (often mains power, see AC adapter) to DC loads, such as a personal computer, while converting voltage and current characteristics. | text | [] | [
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"text": "A switched-mode power supply ( switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, SMPS, or switcher) is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently."
},
{
"text": "Like other power supplies, an SMPS transfers power from a DC or AC source (often mains power, see AC adapter) to DC loads, such as a personal computer, while converting voltage and current characteristics. Unlike a linear power supply, the pass transistor of a switching-mode supply continually switches between low-dissipation, full-on and full-off states, and spends very little time in the high dissipation transitions, which minimizes wasted energy."
}
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d5d91a620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9 | What device held by an aide-de-camp is used to authorize a nuclear attack and set the two man rule at nuclear launch facilities into motion? | Nuclear football | text | [] | [
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"text": "The United States has a two-man rule in place at nuclear launch facilities, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be verified by the secretary of defense to be an authentic order given by the president (there is a hierarchy of succession in the event that the president is killed in an attack )."
},
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"text": "The nuclear football (also known as the atomic football, the president's emergency satchel, the Presidential Emergency Satchel,[1] the button, the black box, or just the football) is a briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers, such as the White House Situation Room or the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. It functions as a mobile hub in the strategic defense system of the United States. It is held by an aide-de-camp."
}
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