• Second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second...
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  • centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS or cgs) is a variant of the metric system based on the centimetre as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass...
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  • The metre–tonne–second (MTS) system of units was invented in France (hence the derived unit names sthène and pièze) where it became the legal system between...
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  • The metre, kilogram, second system of units, also known more briefly as MKS units or the MKS system, is a physical system of measurement based on the metre...
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  • The foot–pound–second system (FPS system) is a system of units built on three fundamental units: the foot for length, the (avoirdupois) pound for either...
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  • up second, seconds, or 2nd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI). Second, Seconds...
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  • The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International...
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    Parsec (redirect from Parsec (unit))
    The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System, approximately equal to...
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  • derived unit, the joule (J), and an SI base unit, the second (s). The joule-second is a unit of action or of angular momentum. The joule-second also appears...
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  • blocks per unit time passing through a communication link in a data-transmission system. Common data rate units are multiples of bits per second (bit/s)...
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  • The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy, telecommunications and relativistic physics. It is defined as the distance that light travels...
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  • Steve Starkey is an American film producer and second unit director who is widely associated with Robert Zemeckis. He served as an assistant film editor...
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  • The inverse second or reciprocal second (s−1), also called per second, is a unit defined as the multiplicative inverse of the second (a unit of time). It...
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    radian per second (symbol: rad⋅s−1 or rad/s) is the unit of angular velocity in the International System of Units (SI). The radian per second is also the...
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  • director, cinematographer, and producer from London, England. A prolific second unit director, MacDonald has worked on various Hollywood blockbusters including...
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    The Second Soran Unit (Kurdish: یەکەی دووەمی سۆران; SSU) was a Kurdish Salafi elite militant group active from the late 1980s until 2003. The Second Soran...
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  • Baud (redirect from Kilobaud (unit))
    per second (bit/s). If there are precisely two symbols in the system (typically 0 and 1), then baud and bits per second are equivalent. The baud unit is...
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  • frequency (PRF) is the number of pulses of a repeating signal in a specific time unit. The term is used within a number of technical disciplines, notably radar...
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    Centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS). It is also called the Gaussian unit system, Gaussian-cgs units, or often just cgs units. The term "cgs units" is ambiguous...
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    14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, second unit director, and child actor. He was credited as Michael Moore on all the...
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    metre per second squared. The unit is named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics, specifically his second law of motion...
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    and cinematographer mostly known for his work as a camera operator and second unit director, including regular collaborations with director Ridley Scott...
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  • 1968) is a British film, commercial and television director. He was second unit director on Exodus: Gods and Kings and The Martian, both directed by...
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  • Martin Kenzie (29 April 1956 – 16 July 2012) was a British second unit director and cinematographer whose works include feature films such as The Shining...
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    comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length)...
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    Galileo Galilei, is a unit of acceleration typically used in precision gravimetry. The gal is defined as 1 centimeter per second squared (1 cm/s2). The...
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    The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time, historically defined as 1⁄86400 of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours...
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    actual film crew that does the principal photography (unit), there may be a second team (second unit), which in turn comprises a full film crew with its...
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  • Cubic metre per second or cubic meter per second in American English (symbol m3 ⋅ s−1 or m3/s) is the unit of volumetric flow rate in the International...
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    near the airlock hatch. Two MMUs were carried on a mission, with the second unit mounted across from the first on the opposite payload bay wall. The MMU...
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