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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Figure Eight Lake is a lake in Alberta. v t e...
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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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Analemma (redirect from Solar figure 8)
will resemble a figure eight. Globes of Earth often display an analemma as a two-dimensional figure of equation of time vs. declination of the Sun. The north–south...
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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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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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Rail transport modelling (redirect from List of rail transport modellers)
grounds of the Château de Saint-Cloud in Paris. It was powered by clockwork and ran in a figure-of-eight. Electric trains appeared around the start of the...
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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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General counsel (redirect from Office of General Counsel)
executives of major American corporations, with many earning seven-figure or eight-figure compensation packages. Prominent American government lawyers and...
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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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types of Mycenaean armor/weapons were the boar's tusk helmet and the "Figure-of-eight" shield. Moreover, most features of the later hoplite panoply of Classical...
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(440 yd; 400 m) long; however, on certain occasions, races are held in a figure of eight configurations. Banger racing is often confused with stock car racing...
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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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