1st century BCE ), shows how the distance to the Sun can be computed geometrically, using the different lengths of the noontime shadows observed at three places 1000 li apart and the assumption that the Earth is flat.

After each competitor has delivered all of their bowls ( four each in singles and pairs, three each in triples, and two bowls each in fours ), the distance of the closest bowls to the jack is determined ( the jack may have been displaced ) and points, called " shots ", are awarded for each bowl which a competitor has closer than the opponent's nearest to the jack.

For example, it should not matter whether one measures the distance between the Great Pyramids of Giza by laser rangefinding, by satellite imaging, or with a meter stick-in all three cases, the answer should be approximately the same.

Shows the relative wavelengths of the electromagnetic waves of three different colors of Visible light | light ( blue, green, and red ) with a distance scale in micrometers along the x-axis.

By assuming the earth to be flat, they arrived at a distance of 100, 000 li, a value short by three orders of magnitude.

The distance between the 2010 piping feature and the 2007 piping feature three years ago is about two kilometers ( according to their coordinates ).

According to John L. Allen, Jr., " In addition, three decades of bishops ’ appointments by John Paul II and Benedict XVI, both unambiguously committed to “ Humanae Vitae ,” mean that senior leaders in Catholicism these days are far less inclined than they were in 1968 to distance themselves from the ban on birth control, or to soft-pedal it.

Competitions involving large numbers of athletes sometimes use a " cut ": all competitors compete in the first three rounds, but only athletes who are currently among the top eight or have achieved some minimum distances are permitted to attempt to improve on their distance in additional rounds ( typically three ).

Standard hyperdrive covers a distance of one light-year every three days ( 121. 75 x c ).

Nevertheless, the bombing target marker was located at the south point of the island and three thermonuclear devices were detonated at high altitude a short distance offshore in 1957.

Over the last three hundred years, the octave span distance found on historical keyboard instruments ( organs, virginals, clavichords, harpsichords, and pianos ) has ranged from as little as 125 mm to as much as 170 mm.

Long distance passenger services are limited to three routes – the TranzAlpine ( Christchurch – Greymouth ), the TranzCoastal ( Christchurch – Picton ) and the Overlander ( Wellington – Auckland ).

Gimlin remounted and followed it on horseback, keeping his distance, until it disappeared around a bend in the road three hundred yards away.

However, Nurmi returned to coaching three months later and the Finnish distance runners went on take three gold medals, three silvers and a bronze at the Games.

Typically, a quarterback with exceptional quickness is used in an option offense, which allows the quarterback to either hand the ball off, run it himself, or pitch it to the running back following him at a distance of three yards outside and one yard behind.

The resulting hostility forces Nessus to abandon the other three and follow them at a safe distance.

*" The distance the Engine shall perform each trip shall be one mile and three quarters () each way, including one-eighth of a mile () at each end for getting up the speed and for stopping the train ; by this means the Engine, with its load, will travel one and a-half mile () each way at full speed.

An old adage describes beating as sailing for twice the distance at half the speed and three times the discomfort.

In mathematics, a spherical coordinate system is a coordinate system for three-dimensional space where the position of a point is specified by three numbers: the radial distance of that point from a fixed origin, its polar angle measured from a fixed zenith direction, and the azimuth angle of its orthogonal projection on a reference plane that passes through the origin and is orthogonal to the zenith, measured from a fixed reference direction on that plane.

Like field, tenor comprises three component areas: the speaker / writer persona, social distance, and relative social status.

The new women's event is competed over a distance of 12 laps, 3 km, by a team of three riders.

The team sprint ( also known as the Olympic sprint ) is a short distance three-man team pursuit held over three laps of a velodrome.

By around 1774, he had concluded that the same effects could be created by passing the hands, at a distance, in front of the subject's body, referred to as making " Mesmeric passes.

Taking an incident-light reading requires placing the meter at the subject's position and pointing it in the general direction of the camera, something not always achievable in practice, e. g., in landscape photography where the subject distance approaches infinity.

; arm length: distance, measured using the tape-measure, from the armscye / shoulder line intersection ( acromion ), over the elbow, to the far end of the prominent wrist bone ( ulna ), with the subject's right fist clenched and placed on the hip, and with the arm bent at 90 °

Modern touchscreens could be used in conjunction with stylus pointing devices, while those powered by infrared do not require physical touch, but just recognize the movement of hand and fingers in some minimum range distance from the real screen.

Gracenotes are typically played as short as possible by lifting the fingers quickly and a short distance off the chanter.

" A gifted student in the pursuit we also at humbler distance love, made pilgrimage here, and was engaged in making a drawing of its interesting painted story, when death suddenly stayed the work of the artist, snapping the very pencil in his fingers, and instantly translated him, from picturing the earthly image of the Founder of these courts below, into his immortal presence in the great temple above ... His cunning fingers are mouldering in the dust below, and moss and decay are stealthily obliterating his record outside, but the fidelity and truth of his works remain bright and undimmmed, forming his best and most enduring monument ".

The basic unit of measurement used during construction was the tala, defined as the length of a human face from the forehead's hairline to the tip of the chin or the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger when both fingers are stretched at their maximum distance.

He reported that he had had a measure of success with the technique, restoring vision to an 18-year old woman who had previously been unable to count fingers at a distance of 8 inches ( 20 cm ).

Knots placed at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches ( 14. 4018 m ) passed through a sailor's fingers, while another sailor used a 30 second sand-glass ( 28 second sand-glass is the current accepted timing ) to time the operation.

File: Dive hand signal Give me air. png | Give me air now ( emergency implied ): pointing to the mouth with thumb and fingers together, moving hand back and forth a short distance.

This method is slower than touch typing because instead of relying on the memorized position of keys, the typist is required to find each key by sight and move fingers a greater distance.

The chevalier de Lausanne, an early writer, is more precise on some aspects and says: " While drawing your hands slowly before your patient at the distance of three or four inches, and holding your fingers slightly bent, you will feel, either at the ends of the fingers, or at the palm of the hand, different sensations as they pass " and " You may experience a feeling ... in the internal organs of your body ".

There is also the disadvantage that because fewer fingers are used, they are forced to move a much greater distance.

Thumb twiddling is an activity that is done with the hands of an individual whereby the fingers are interlocked and the thumbs circle around a common focal point, usually in the middle of the distance between the two thumbs.

Austrin and his new wife visit the saint's shrine, and on the third night, " when the sorrowful woman happened to blow her nose, the ring flew off without hurting her fingers, just as if it had been hurled from the strongest siege engine, and gave a sharp crack on the pavement at a great distance.

Cultural differences should therefore be understood as “ clinal ”, " increasing gradually as the distance separating groups also increases ".

It should be noted that calculated fatality rates based on distance for bicycling ( as well as for walking ) can have an exceptionally large margin of error, since there are generally no annual registrations or odometers required for bicycles ( as there are with motor vehicles ), and this means the distance traveled must be estimated.

( To be precise: for the definition of the dipole moment one should always consider the " dipole limit ", where e. g. the distance of the generating charges should converge to 0, while simultaneously the charge strength should diverge to infinity in such a way that the product remains a positive constant.

* the distance of the diver from the diving apparatus throughout the dive ( a diver must not be dangerously close, should not be too far away, but should ideally be within of the platform )

Some critical disease characteristics that should be evaluated include virulence, distance traveled by victims, and level of contagiousness.

Seeking to distance itself from polygamy and Mormon fundamentalism, the LDS Church has taken the position that the term Mormon should only apply to the LDS Church and its members, and not other adherents who have adopted the term.

Theoretical studies on this molecule predict that it should have a Rn-F bond distance of 2. 08 Ǻ, and that the compound is thermodynamically more stable and less volatile than its lighter counterpart .< ref > The octahedral molecule was predicted to have an even lower enthalpy of formation than the difluoride.

As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the track gauge ( the distance, or width, between the inner sides of the rails ) that should be used.

* The Chief Commissaire may terminate a race before the full distance should it be considered essential to do so.

Graves hoisted two signals: one for " line ahead ", under which the ships would slowly close the gap and then straighten the line when parallel to the enemy, and one for " close action ", which normally indicated that ships should turn to directly approach the enemy line, turning when the appropriate distance was reached.

In the case of environmental or aircraft noise, distance need not be quoted as it is the level at the point of measurement that is needed, but when measuring refrigerators and similar appliances the distance should be stated ; where not stated it is usually one metre ( 1 m ).

He returned to England, resuming his position as curate at Chipping Barnet in 1761, and began work on a book, publishing the lunar distance method of longitude calculation in 1763 in The British Mariner's Guide, which included the suggestion that to facilitate the finding of longitude at sea, lunar distances should be calculated beforehand for each year and published in a form accessible to navigators.

The distance to travel to work should be in line with the pay offered, and the transportation and infrastructure of the area also influence who applies for a post.

* " Stopping distance visibility " should be at least 70 m on roads designed for 60 km / h, rising to 300 m on roads designed for 140 km / h.

It was there that the notion of the kitchen work triangle was formalized: the three main functions in a kitchen are storage, preparation, and cooking ( which Catharine Beecher had already recognized ), and the places for these functions should be arranged in the kitchen in such a way that work at one place does not interfere with work at another place, the distance between these places is not unnecessarily large, and no obstacles are in the way.

Data from Hipparcos yielded a surprising result, namely a distance of only 118 parsecs by measuring the parallax of stars in the cluster — a technique that should yield the most direct and accurate results.

The position with one hand held at the quarter and the other at the middle of the staff is not found in these early modern manuals, but it is described in the quarterstaff manuals published in the late 19th century, e. g. McCarthy ( 1883 ): " both hands should be 2 feet 6 inches apart, and the same distance from each end ".

Forcing the knights to fight on foot had several advantages: it prevented them from starting a premature charge, ensured protection for the archers should the French manage to close the distance, and ensured that the archers and supporting infantry stayed on the battlefield rather than running at the first opportunity ( a common occurrence in medieval warfare ).