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Human rights

Fundamental and universal rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. They consist of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that States are obliged to fully respect according to common standards ratified by national and international legislation.

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besselian year

Astronomy; General astronomy

A quantity introduced by F. W. Bessel in the nineteenth century that has been used into the twentieth century. Bessel introduced a system whereby it would be convenient to ...

ratchet

Sports;

to pedal back and forth in partial strokes. This allows a rider to pass obstacles that would cause a pedal to hit if it were to reach the bottom of a normal stroke.

sustainable growth rate

Financial services; General Finance

Maximum rate of growth a firm can sustain without increasing financial leverage.

astronomical unit (AU)

Astronomy; General astronomy

Approximately equal to the mean earth-sun distance, which is about 150,000,000 km or 93,000,000 miles. Formally, the AU is actually slightly less than the earth's mean distance ...

edge to edge illumination

Advertising; Billboard advertising

A uniform pattern of distributing lights on a Digital Display unit allowing better luminosity and an evenly lit image across the width and height of the board.

nine iron

Sports; Golf

a golf club that is highest of the irons; used for short distance shots

zoom

Office equipment; Copiers

The Zoom function enables you to reduce or enlarge copies within a certain percentage range. These days, digital copiers can zoom as high 800 percent and reduce as low as 25 ...

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