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    Lissajous Figures

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    Lissajous figures are patterns generated by the junction of a pair of sinusoidal waves with axes that are perpendicular to one another. Jules-Antione Lissajous studied these figures by producing sounds of different frequencies which were used to vibrate a mirror. A beam of light was then reflected from the mirror to produce trace patterns which were dependent on the frequencies. This setup used by Lissajous is similar to what is used today to project laser light shows. Today‚ Lissajous figures are generated

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    Significant Figures

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    Significant figures are essential to science because they make the answer more precise when the tools require us to use estimation. Significant figures are the digits that contribute to the value of a number. Throughout the lab we were given instructions to measure different objects using different tools with the objective of figuring out how the amount significant figures affect the accuracy of the measurement. Firstly‚ it is important to know and understand significant figures because they make

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    Figure Ground

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    Priming on Ambiguous Figure Perception Misa Tsuruta‚ M.A.1 Abstract ~ Figure-ground organization is a kind of perceptual organization that has been studied in Gestalt psychology. Ambiguous/reversible figures can evoke two different percepts. When we see ambiguous figures‚ sooner or later our perceptual system determines one side that stands out as the figure‚ while the other side forms the ground and becomes shapeless. Subjects were subliminally trained with the half-figures of the target 1: Department

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    Public Figure

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    A public figure will always be judged no matter what they do. If they do good public will think highly and good of them but if they do something that is immoral or bad they will be condemned. When a public figure often does charity work and help other people‚ some might think that they are giving back to the community whereas some might think that they are trying to get famous. Nobody should be judged on what they do‚ sometimes its all just circumstances that we cant avoid. Private life and

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    Roman Figures

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    Identification The importance of various Roman figures and influences have defined its longevity and success of still remaining in people’s heart. Cicero was an excellent orator and his speeches remained famous for the skill in using the arguments and figures of speech. Even today they are considered wonderful pieces of classical Latin. The quality and ready accessibility of Ciceronian texts favored very wide distribution and inclusion in teaching curricula. This influence increased after the

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    Religious Figures

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    2013 Religious Figures of Spain Catholicism is the main religion in Spain. There are also some Jews who have settled in Madrid‚ Barcelona‚ Cordoba and Sevilla. There are some Anglicans in Spain. There has been a lot of dispute between the Catholics‚ Muslims Jews and Protestants. Christians were defeated and Christianity was adopted by the masses. Catholic religion was taken as the religion of the state when a Concordant was signed with Vatican. There were many religious figures from Spain over

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    Venus Figures

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    Catherine Tennison Humanities DC A3 Venus Figures Venus figures have been found in various places of the world‚ at different time periods. This implies that all cultures shared a common belief or a common thought of women and their bodies. The Venus figures are most popularly known to represent fertility. These figurines were typically made from soft stone (steatite‚ calcite or limestone)‚ bone‚ ivory‚ wood‚ or ceramic clays. The similarity of each Venus figurine from each time period shows

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    Zemi Figure

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    for the things in the Reckoning with Mestizaje gallery‚ I decided that the item that most correctly represents the term mestizaje would be the Zemi figure. A zemi is defined as being a deified ancestor revered in the Caribbean. Zemis were among the first indigenous objects collected by Europeans in the New World and sent back as curiosities. The figures originated in the Caribbean and were even prevalent in the lives of the Native peoples well before the Spanish conquest. When the Spaniards arrived

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    Figure of Speech

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    Simile : A comparison between two distinctly different things‚ objects or events. It consists in placing two different things side by side and comparing them with regard to some quality common to them. First the two objects must be different in kind. Secondly‚ the point of resemblance between the two different object or event must be clearly brought out. Such words are used for comparison : ‘like’ or ‘as’. A simple example of Robert Burns‚ “O my love’s like a red rose.” Errors like strews upon

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    Figures of Speech

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    Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)

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