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  • Direct Line is an insurance company based in Bromley, England. Founded in 1985, as the country's first direct car insurance company, it has since expanded...
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  • Direct Line Insurance Group plc is a British insurance company based in the United Kingdom, formed in 2012 by the divestment of The Royal Bank of Scotland...
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    The Portsmouth Direct line is a railway route between Woking in Surrey and Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England. It forms the principal route for...
    45 KB (5,924 words) - 18:16, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Direct fire
    Direct fire or line-of-sight fire refers to firing of a ranged weapon whose projectile is launched directly at a target within the line-of-sight of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Line segment
    In geometry, a line segment is a part of a straight line that is bounded by two distinct end points, and contains every point on the line that is between...
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  • contactor. When energized, a direct on line (DOL) starter immediately connects the motor terminals directly to the power supply. In smaller sizes a motor starter...
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  • Thumbnail for Direct Line with Vladimir Putin
    Direct Line with Vladimir Putin (Прямая линия с Владимиром Путиным) is an annual televised political event in Russia. As its name implies, it is a question...
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  • Thumbnail for Line-of-sight propagation
    Line-of-sight propagation is a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation which means waves can only travel in a direct...
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  • The Dundee and Forfar direct line was a railway line opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1870, connecting the important county town of Forfar with the...
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  • Thumbnail for Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
    he was 5th in line to the throne. Richard practised as an architect until the death of his elder brother, William, placed him in direct line to inherit...
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  • Thumbnail for Plunging fire
    deliberately to attack a target not susceptible to direct or grazing fire due to not being in direct line of sight. In naval warfare, plunging shellfire was theoretically...
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  • Direct inward dialing (DID), also called direct dial-in (DDI) in Europe and Oceania, is a telecommunication service offered by telephone companies to subscribers...
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  • tournament from 2009–2014. Nottingham returned for 2015–2016 with no men's event in Eastbourne, however Eastbourne replaced the Nottingham event again from 2017...
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  • Thumbnail for Retro-direct
    Retro-direct is a gearing mechanism used on some bicycles in the early 20th century, which provides a second gear ratio when pedaled backwards. Retro-direct...
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  • derived in this case. It is also possible to generalize line graphs to directed graphs. If G is a directed graph, its directed line graph or line digraph...
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  • Thumbnail for Direct current
    Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through...
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  • Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats...
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  • A lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc...
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    the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria, three generations in direct line of succession to the British throne were alive at the same time: George;...
    27 KB (2,120 words) - 04:32, 21 May 2024
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    APIs all began with "Direct", such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth. The name DirectX was coined as a shorthand...
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