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  • Thumbnail for Slippery slope
    In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in...
    24 KB (3,062 words) - 04:11, 10 October 2024
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    ultimately result in slope failure. Factors that can trigger slope failure include hydrologic events (such as intense or prolonged rainfall, rapid snowmelt, progressive...
    24 KB (3,370 words) - 04:10, 19 October 2024
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    Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect...
    133 KB (14,075 words) - 21:38, 25 October 2024
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    Scree (redirect from Scree slope)
    scree slope itself, however, there is generally good sorting of sediment by size: larger particles accumulate more rapidly at the bottom of the slope. Cementation...
    22 KB (2,605 words) - 14:49, 12 November 2024
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    Sioux Falls. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed...
    65 KB (6,198 words) - 20:01, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rapid transit
    Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally...
    93 KB (9,806 words) - 20:49, 24 November 2024
  • weather only a shallow narrow stream of water flows. But owing to its rapid slope it is liable in the rains to sudden and violent floods which cause frequent...
    3 KB (130 words) - 21:22, 22 November 2024
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    Mass wasting (redirect from Slope movement)
    which involves little horizontal movement, and mass wasting by slope movement. Rapid mass wasting events, such as landslides, can be deadly and destructive...
    21 KB (2,449 words) - 15:04, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Slope Day
    Slope Day is an annual day of celebration held at Cornell University, historically held during the last day of regular undergraduate classes, though it...
    19 KB (2,054 words) - 03:53, 16 November 2024
  • Stream gradient (redirect from Stream slope)
    total length of the river or stream. A high gradient indicates a steep slope and rapid flow of water (i.e. more ability to erode); where as a low gradient...
    5 KB (643 words) - 14:52, 4 June 2024
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    say they have installed 650 systems worldwide. Slope cars are similar in some ways to personal rapid transit systems in that they offer on-demand service...
    33 KB (1,022 words) - 02:07, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Avalanche
    An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased...
    66 KB (7,413 words) - 02:13, 12 November 2024
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    avulsion is the rapid abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel. Avulsions occur as a result of channel slopes that are much...
    10 KB (1,336 words) - 10:00, 23 June 2024
  • through the use of an integrator. In its basic implementation, the dual-slope converter, the unknown input voltage is applied to the input of the integrator...
    30 KB (4,994 words) - 14:45, 8 September 2024
  • depending on the need. It is most widely known as the first true personal rapid transit (PRT) system, where customers call up a small "car" on demand which...
    22 KB (3,364 words) - 17:16, 9 August 2024
  • guideway transit. Slope cars are small automated monorails found in the various parts of Japan. Unlike the monorails above, slope cars are not legally...
    6 KB (593 words) - 21:18, 21 May 2024
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    Rapid Transit Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Rapid transit systems using linear motor propulsion Roll way Schmid peoplemover Slope car...
    27 KB (2,923 words) - 20:13, 19 November 2024
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    or accelerate rapidly and cause disasters. Slope deformations are slow, distributed movements that can affect entire mountain slopes or portions of it...
    57 KB (6,537 words) - 05:24, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aramis (personal rapid transit)
    The Aramis was an experimental personal rapid transit (PRT) system developed in France for deployment in the Paris area. Aramis included the unique feature...
    5 KB (643 words) - 16:39, 24 October 2024
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    stones are used. Between the 150- and 160-foot levels the inner walls rapidly slope outward, increasing the shaft well from 25 feet 1 inch square to 31 feet...
    146 KB (17,797 words) - 06:16, 10 November 2024
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