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    engineering, the fineness ratio is the ratio of the length of a body to its maximum width. Shapes that are short and wide have a low fineness ratio, those that...
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    The ratio of the length of a nose cone compared to its base diameter is known as the fineness ratio. This is sometimes also called the aspect ratio, though...
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  • Combinations of fine and coarse aggregates have intermediate values. Fineness modulus of combined aggregates is always between the Fineness modulus of aggregates...
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  • Fineness can refer to: Fineness, a measure of the purity of precious metals Fineness modulus, a measurement of the coarseness of an aggregate Fineness...
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    In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. Expressed...
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    object as much as practicable. To do so, a designer can consider the fineness ratio, which is the length of the aircraft divided by its diameter at the...
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  • modifying agents, and special flavorings and coloring agents; and its 1:2:8 ratio (1 part sweet, 2 parts sour, 8 parts base) for sour type cocktails. Embury...
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    of sound, a slender fuselage with high fineness ratio, and a complex wing shape for a high lift-to-drag ratio. Only a modest payload could be carried...
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    performance, the aircraft consisted of a long, slender fuselage with a high fineness ratio and a small, tapered, almost rectangular wing that was mounted centrally...
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    high-G maneuvers, common in air-to-air combat. The fuselage had a high fineness ratio. It was slender, tapered towards the sharp nose, and had a small frontal...
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  • millesimal fineness of 947.9. 88 zolotnik has a fineness of 916.6. It contains 91.66% pure silver. 84 zolotnik is the most common fineness of 875. Zloty...
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    ballistics,[citation needed] especially supersonically where a higher fineness ratio is desirable. Bull solved this problem by using an additional set of...
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    planform known. They also featured flush cockpits to maintain the highest fineness ratio possible in spite of its effects on visibility. The two designs had...
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  • lifting-body [sic] of deltoid planform, elliptical cross-sections, and a fineness ratio of 4:5." Among the advantages claimed for this hull form were proximity...
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  • the gyromagnetic ratio (also sometimes known as the magnetogyric ratio in other disciplines) of a particle or system is the ratio of its magnetic moment...
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    However, due to the way lift is generated supersonically, the lift-to-drag ratio of the aircraft as a whole drops, leading to lower range, offsetting or...
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    aircraft of the era. The fuselage was completely smooth, with a high fineness ratio for low drag at supersonic speeds. The design was developed prior to...
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    Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built. It is...
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    sweep on the front and back, and a new nose cone with a much higher fineness ratio. The boosters lost their asymmetrical nose cones, but the surfaces on...
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  • in Germany, inspired Bertoni to redesign the fuselage with a much finer fineness ratio fuselage to reduce drag as much as possible. The new fuselage was...
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    Length: 158 m (518 ft 4 in) Diameter: 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) maximum Fineness ratio: 10.61 Volume: 22,470 m3 (794,000 cu ft) in 18 gas cells Empty weight:...
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  • vapor in the steam. In alloys, especially those of noble metals, the term fineness is used for the mass fraction of the noble metal in the alloy. The mass...
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  • original post. Twitter users may "initiate" a ratio by replying or quote retweeting a tweet with the text "ratio" in the hopes that their tweet acquires more...
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    explained by length. There is also a negative correlation between the fineness ratio (length of body to maximum width) and the swimming ability of reef fish...
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    carriers. Her stern was lengthened by 26 feet (7.9 m) to improve her fineness ratio and her 16 older boilers were removed and then replaced with 11 oil-fired...
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    Length: 236.6 m (776 ft 3 in) Diameter: 30.5 m (100 ft 1 in) maximum Fineness ratio: 7.25 Height: 33.5 m (109 ft 11 in) Volume: 75,000 m3 (2,600,000 cu ft)...
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    mounted at the bottom of the fin. The fuselage of the XF-104 had a high fineness ratio, i.e., tapering sharply towards the nose, and a small frontal area of...
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    Jaray Biography". Retrieved 20 October 2020. "col – air ministry – fineness ratio – 1928 – 0280 – Flight Archive". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 28 August...
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    Unlike silver with fineness other than 719 (which melts partly at exactly 780 C through a wide fineness range), gold with fineness other than 800 will...
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    Sweden and Japan. The RSA was a long, thin missile with a very high fineness ratio, similar to modern supersonic aircraft like the Concorde. It mounted...
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