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Mining

Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.

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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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