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  2. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially in the aftermath of the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the establishment of the British Raj.

  3. Logarithmic scale - Wikipedia

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    Logarithmic scale. of the Internet host count over time shown on a logarithmic scale. A logarithmic scale (or log scale) is a method used to display numerical data that spans a broad range of values, especially when there are significant differences between the magnitudes of the numbers involved. Unlike a linear scale where each unit of ...

  4. Iterated logarithm - Wikipedia

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    Iterated logarithm. In computer science, the iterated logarithm of , written log * (usually read " log star "), is the number of times the logarithm function must be iteratively applied before the result is less than or equal to . [1] The simplest formal definition is the result of this recurrence relation :

  5. Thanksgiving - Wikipedia

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    Thanksgiving ( French: l'Action de grĂ¢ce ), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is mostly celebrated in a secular manner.

  6. List of New York City Subway R-type contracts - Wikipedia

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    Pre-Unification Cars (BMT) Pre-Unification Cars (IRT) R-Type Cars 1932 to 1987. R-Type Cars 1999 to Present (NTT) 'R' Type Roster (includes non-train contracts) Roster of Rolling Stock Contracts. NYCTA Work Cars 2013. Korman, Joe (December 4, 2017).

  7. A Revolution on Canvas - Wikipedia

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    English. Persian. A Revolution on Canvas is an 2023 American documentary film, directed and produced by Sara Nodjoumi and Till Schauder. It follows Nicky Nodjoumi as he flees Iran in 1980, due to his controversial paintings at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. It had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 11, 2023, and was released ...

  8. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Newton's first law expresses the principle of inertia: the natural behavior of a body is to move in a straight line at constant speed. A body's motion preserves the status quo, but external forces can perturb this. The modern understanding of Newton's first law is that no inertial observer is privileged over any other.

  9. Canvasback - Wikipedia

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    The canvasback has a distinctive wedge-shaped head and long graceful neck. The adult male (drake) has a black bill, a chestnut red head and neck, a black breast, a grayish back, black rump, and a blackish brown tail. The drake's sides, back, and belly are white with fine vermiculation resembling the weave of a canvas, which gave rise to the ...