Figure Eight Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of North Carolina, just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony...
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Look up figure eight or figure of eight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Figure 8, figure of 8, figure eight, or Figure of Eight may refer to: 8 (number)...
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The figure-eight knot or figure-of-eight knot is a type of stopper knot. It is very important in both sailing and rock climbing as a method of stopping...
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Figure-eight loop (also figure-eight on a bight, figure-eight follow-through, figure-eight retrace, Flemish loop, or Flemish eight) is a type of knot created...
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Figure Eight (formerly known as Dolores Labs, CrowdFlower) was a human-in-the-loop machine learning and artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco...
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In knot theory, a figure-eight knot (also called Listing's knot) is the unique knot with a crossing number of four. This makes it the knot with the third-smallest...
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"Figure of Eight" is a song from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. After the completion of the album, McCartney recorded a new version...
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Lemniscate (redirect from Figure-eight curve)
geometry, a lemniscate (/lɛmˈnɪskɪt/ or /ˈlɛmnɪsˌkeɪt, -kɪt/) is any of several figure-eight or ∞-shaped curves. The word comes from the Latin lēmniscātus,...
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Stevedore knot (redirect from Double figure eight)
knot, often tied near the end of a rope. It is more bulky and less prone to jamming than the closely related figure-eight knot. The bight is given one...
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The directional figure eight (a.k.a. inline figure-eight loop) is a loop knot. It is a knot that can be made on the bight. The loop must only be loaded...
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The figure eight is a technique used by anglers to fish specifically for the muskellunge. It has been developed due to the nature of the fish's hunting...
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Auckland Islands (redirect from Figure of Eight Island, New Zealand)
because of its significance as a breeding site for several species of seabirds as well as eight endemic species or subspecies, including Auckland shag, Auckland...
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figure-eight loop, (also known as a bunny ears, or a dog eared loop) is a type of knot that forms two parallel loops, and resembles the figure-eight loop...
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Figure of Eight is a 1936 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. Figure of Eight was written within a month, consisting of more than 100,000 words...
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Figure Eight Lake is a lake in Alberta. v t e...
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divided by the square root of two). The terms for X Y Z {\displaystyle XYZ} actually produce the polar patterns of figure-of-eight microphones (see illustration...
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Analemma (redirect from Solar figure 8)
resembles a figure eight. Globes of the Earth often display an analemma as a two-dimensional figure of equation of time ("sun fast") vs. declination of the Sun...
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8 (redirect from The number eight)
as, for example, in . The infinity symbol ∞, described as a "sideways figure eight", is unrelated to the digit 8 in origin; it is first used (in the mathematical...
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Oyster Bar. Figure Eight was opened by Emmeline Zhao, also operator of the restaurant Silver Apricot; Silver Apricot is located next to Figure Eight. Before...
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Flemish bend (redirect from Double figure eight bend)
a figure eight bend, a rewoven figure eight is a knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size. A loose figure-eight knot is tied in the end of one...
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A becket hitch, including the double becket or figure-of-eight becket hitch, is any hitch that is made on an eye loop, i.e. on a becket. A becket hitch...
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The figure-of-nine loop is a type of knot to form a fixed loop in a rope. Tied in the bight, it is made similarly to a figure-of-eight loop but with an...
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Knot (redirect from List of trick knots)
paw, clove hitch, cow hitch, double fisherman's knot, eskimo bowline, figure-eight knot, fisherman's knot, half hitch, kalmyk loop, one-sided overhand bend...
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Lashing (ropework) (redirect from List of lashing knots)
round lashing of rope or iron hardware to attach a mast to a boat or ship. The tripod lashing (also known as gyn lashing, figure of eight lashing, and...
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Berrouaghia prison massacre (category History of Médéa Province)
Algeria's Berrouaghia prison. Estimates of the death toll vary wildly. The government gave the figure of eight dead, while others placed the death toll...
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Navan Fort (category Royal sites of Ireland)
bigger round enclosure, making a figure-of-eight shape, both with eastern entrances. The larger ring of the figure-of-eight was 30 metres (98 feet) in diameter...
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guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of the...
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8 (disambiguation) (redirect from Eight)
rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing Figure 8 (belay device), rock climbing equipment also known as an "eight" 8 (New York City Subway service)...
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Rose (topology) (redirect from Figure-eight space)
single circle. The rose with two petals is known as the figure eight. The fundamental group of a rose is free, with one generator for each petal. The universal...
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Covering the body from head to foot, the figure-of-eight and tower shield offered most of the warrior's body a good deal of protection in hand-to-hand combat...
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