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  2. Levelling - Wikipedia

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    A wooden tripod holding an optical level is set up firmly on the ground. Levelling or leveling (American English; see spelling differences) is a branch of surveying, the object of which is to establish or verify or measure the height of specified points relative to a datum.

  3. Refractometer - Wikipedia

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    Standard refractometers measure the extent of light refraction (as part of a refractive index) of transparent substances in either a liquid this is then used in order to identify a liquid sample, analyze the sample's purity, and determine the amount or concentration of dissolved substances within the sample.

  4. Cancer gave Catherine, Princess of Wales, a 'new ... - AOL

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    Catherine, Princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy treatment. In a video released Monday, the 42-year-old described the past nine months as “incredibly tough” for her and her family ...

  5. Prism adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Prism adaptation can be used to rehabilitate the visuo-spatial deficits of neurological disorders such as unilateral neglect.It has become clear that with respect to being used as a long-term rehabilitative tool, prism adaptation is only effective when it is repeated over many sessions and with sufficiently strong prism goggles (Newport and Schenk, 2012).

  6. Time base correction - Wikipedia

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    Time base correction (TBC) is a technique to reduce or eliminate errors caused by mechanical instability present in analog recordings on mechanical media. Without time base correction, a signal from a videotape recorder (VTR) or videocassette recorder (VCR), cannot be mixed with other, more time-stable devices such as character generators and video cameras found in television studios and post ...

  7. Activator technique - Wikipedia

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    The device is categorized as a mechanical force manual assisted (MFMA) instrument which is generally regarded as a softer chiropractic treatment technique. [1] The method purports to use the device to identify and remove vertebral subluxations [ 2 ] and correct "pelvic deficiency", defined as an "'apparent' difference in leg length , not an ...

  8. Liquid-crystal display - Wikipedia

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    LCD in a Texas Instruments calculator with top polarizer removed from device and placed on top, such that the top and bottom polarizers are perpendicular. As a result, the colors are inverted. The optical effect of a TN device in the voltage-on state is far less dependent on variations in the device thickness than that in the voltage-off state.

  9. Three-CCD camera - Wikipedia

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    A beam-splitter prism assembly, with a white beam entering the front, exiting the three focal-plane faces, filtered to produce red, green and blue A Philips type trichroic beam-splitter prism schematic, with a different color separation order than the assembly shown in the photo.