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  • Thumbnail for Rai people
    a fighting tribe of Nepal. They are popularly believed to have offered a stiff resistance to the invasion of the Gorkhas. Kiranti Rai are hill tribes...
    73 KB (8,599 words) - 06:26, 4 August 2024
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    is, the less stiff it is. The stiffness, k , {\displaystyle k,} of a body is a measure of the resistance offered by an elastic body to deformation. For...
    10 KB (1,406 words) - 15:21, 15 June 2024
  • the rivers Chenab and Jhelum in course of which the Khokhars offered a stiff resistance from early morning until the sunset and nearly carried the day...
    9 KB (1,148 words) - 19:05, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Internal resistance to apartheid
    Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and took forms ranging from social...
    91 KB (11,601 words) - 14:10, 1 August 2024
  • thermal resistance are fundamental concepts that describe the ability of materials or systems to conduct heat and the opposition they offer to the heat...
    29 KB (2,781 words) - 15:53, 27 June 2024
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    order to not stumble, the leg must be swung forward and out in a circular arc (circumduction) or the hip must be raised unnaturally to swing the stiff leg...
    82 KB (9,609 words) - 08:37, 22 July 2024
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    LTTE offered a stiff resistance, and the prolonged attack resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. Not until 1 January 2009 were SLA troops able to capture...
    245 KB (25,457 words) - 08:45, 4 August 2024
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    command, first offered a stiff resistance but then began gradually to fold before Antony's entire Legio II. The battle finally turned to the favour of...
    23 KB (3,117 words) - 14:10, 1 August 2024
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    Christopher A. (March 2019). "Impact of high- and low-intensity resistance training on arterial stiffness and blood pressure in adults across the lifespan: a review"...
    72 KB (8,569 words) - 20:49, 3 August 2024
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    Singh attacked Najib Khan Rohilla of Najibabad. Nawab Doda Khan offered a stiff resistance in the beginning but shortly thereafter he escaped from the battlefield...
    6 KB (745 words) - 06:05, 17 April 2024
  • the force couple required to bend a fixed non-rigid structure by one unit of curvature, or as the resistance offered by a structure while undergoing...
    4 KB (540 words) - 04:40, 13 May 2024
  • of Georgia in 1236, Ivane offered them stiff resistance and fought on until Queen Rusudan consented to a truce, in contrast to most Georgian grandees, who...
    6 KB (700 words) - 07:51, 11 March 2024
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    when subjected to heavy topspin strokes. Polyester is the string of choice today because of that resistance, despite its increased stiffness (harsher feel...
    40 KB (5,420 words) - 16:27, 21 June 2024
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    Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (category Chemicals that do not have a ChemSpider ID assigned)
    (such as acetone), chloroform, and ethylene dichloride. They also offer poor resistance to chlorinated solvents, alcohols and aldehydes. Even though ABS plastics...
    23 KB (2,181 words) - 06:29, 30 June 2024
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    French conquest of Algeria (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    French to first focus on the elimination of the remnants of the Deylik, achieved with the 1837 Siege of Constantine. Abd Al-Qādir continued to give stiff resistance...
    61 KB (7,091 words) - 02:30, 10 June 2024
  • Alternative Ulster (song) (category Stiff Little Fingers songs)
    Burns, the lead singer of Stiff Little Fingers, was asked to record "Suspect Device" for a Flexi disc to be included in a Northern Irish fanzine called...
    6 KB (598 words) - 01:41, 30 October 2023
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    lawbreaking or taking a public stand are sometimes referred to as draft resistance. Although draft resistance is discussed below as a form of "draft evasion"...
    98 KB (12,377 words) - 16:42, 3 August 2024
  • snowmobile tracks where stiffness and abrasion resistance are at a premium. Thermoplastic olefins (TPO) are increasingly used as a roofing material. TPEs...
    12 KB (1,445 words) - 04:46, 8 July 2024
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    rules. They are designed to minimise aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance, and weight, and balance the desire for stiffness for pedaling effiency with...
    21 KB (2,834 words) - 20:45, 9 October 2023
  • fibers. CFRPs can be expensive to produce, but are commonly used wherever high strength-to-weight ratio and stiffness (rigidity) are required, such as...
    50 KB (5,723 words) - 15:59, 19 July 2024
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