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360 and degrees
More generally, an n-piece cubic Bézier curve can approximate a circle, when each inner control point is the distance from an outer control point on a unit circle, where t is 360 / n degrees, and n > 2.
The easier steps involve single spins of 180 or 360 degrees ; later, more difficult steps involve multiple sequential spins and spins of up to at least 540 degrees.
As in any strictly convex solid, at least three faces meet at every vertex, and the total of their angles is less than 360 degrees.
Since there are 24 hours in a day and 360 degrees in a circle, the sun moves across the sky at a rate of 15 degrees per hour ( 360 °/ 24 hours = 15 ° per hour ).
Compass decimal degrees can be converted to math degrees by subtracting them from 450 ; if the answer is greater than 360, subtract 360.
The amount by which such oscillators are out of step with each other can be expressed in degrees from 0 ° to 360 °, or in radians from 0 to 2π.
Given this account, historian Oscar G. Darlington asserts that Gerbert's division by 60 degrees instead of 360 allowed the lateral lines of his sphere to equal to six degrees.
Angles in polar notation are generally expressed in either degrees or radians ( 2π rad being equal to 360 °).
It follows that the magnitude in radians of one complete revolution ( 360 degrees ) is the length of the entire circumference divided by the radius, or 2πr / r, or 2π.
Thus 2π radians is equal to 360 degrees, meaning that one radian is equal to 180 / π degrees.
Since a complete circle has 360 °, 1 < sup > h </ sup > of right ascension is equal to of this, or 15 degrees of arc, 1 < sup > m </ sup > of right ascension is equal to 15 minutes of arc, and 1 < sup > s </ sup > of right ascension is equal to 15 seconds of arc.
Dip direction is measured in 360 degrees, generally clockwise from North.
The angles are typically measured in degrees (°) or radians ( rad ), where 360 ° = 2π rad.
This means that a 360 degree rotation transforms a spinor into its negative, and so it takes a rotation of 720 degrees for a spinor to be transformed into itself.
* Surface 360-a rider spins the board 360 degrees while riding the surface of the water.

360 and horizon
At that point, on the day of the Summer Solstice, the vertical rod of the gnōmōn casts a shadow extending in theory to the horizon over 360 ° as the sun does not set.
The globe may be turned by hand within this ring, so as to place any given meridian upon it, directly under the celestial meridian L. The horizon is divided into 360 degrees all around its outermost edge, within which are the points of the compass, for showing the amplitude of the sun and the moon, both in degrees and points.
: " All-round light " means a light visible from 360 degrees of the horizon.
It can be launched either in a vertical or inclined position and is capable of covering targets over a 360 degree horizon.
The OSP site also has a treeless field of view providing an unobstructed 360 degree horizon.

360 and only
Third and lastly, in 360, to Faustina, who gave birth to Constantius ' only child, a posthumous daughter named Flavia Maxima Constantia, who later married Emperor Gratian.
System / 360 incorporated features which had previously been present on only either the commercial line ( such as decimal arithmetic and byte addressing ) or the technical line ( such as floating point arithmetic ).
This was followed by three unproductive Tests which yielded only 5 / 360 and a win apiece.
He was only converted to Arianism somewhere around 360, and then only because of political pressure from the pro-Arian ecclesiastical and governmental powers.
This symmetry allows one to measure the full Fourier transform from only half the reciprocal space, e. g., by rotating the crystal slightly more than 180 ° instead of a full 360 ° revolution.
California Vehicle Code, Sections 360, 590, define a " highway " as only a way open for use of motor vehicles, but the California Supreme Court has held that " the definition of ' highway ' in the Vehicle Code is used for special purposes of that act ," and that canals in the town of Venice, California, are " highways " that are entitled to be maintained with state highway funds.
Originally, according to the myth, the year was only 360 days long and Nut was sterile during these days, unable to bear children.
It was only a semi-circular view of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Barker's inability to bring the image to a full 360 degrees disappointed him.
" At that time, the year was only 360 days.
Keith 1925 also criticized Tilak's interpretation by pointing to "... the fact that a year of 360 days and 12 months is ... the only year clearly known to the whole of Vedic literarure prior to the late Sutras ".
It is also home to the 360 Rush water slide, the only one of its kind in the world.
The 9200 and 9300 ( which differed only in CPU speed ) implemented the same restricted 360 subset as the IBM 360 / 20, while the UNIVAC 9400 implemented the full 360 instruction set.
China and Japan both claim 200 nautical miles EEZ rights, but the East China Sea width is only 360 nautical miles.
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with additional audio channels from speakers that surround the listener ( surround channels ), providing sound from a 360 ° radius in the horizontal plane ( 2D ) as opposed to " screen channels " ( centre, left, and right ) originating only from the listener's forward arc.
The upper portion of the tower contains two restaurants and a cafe — including New Zealand's only revolving restaurant, located 190 m ( 623. 2 ft .) from the ground, which turns 360 degrees once every hour.
* 1964 Rickenbacker 360 / 12 ( studio only )
Hercules was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper 360, Inside Edition and in a Maxim article in 2005, when he was only 3 years old and already weighed.
A 360 CID engine was offered as an option ( but only with a two barrel carb for 1976 -' 77 and single exhaust ) to the standard 318 V8, but only paired with the 3-speed automatic transmission.
According to Tacitus, 10, 000 Caledonian lives were lost at a cost of only 360 auxiliary troops.
Early telescopic handlers only lifted in one direction and did not rotate, however, several of the manufacturers have designed telescopic handlers that rotate 360 degrees through a turntable and these machines look almost identical to the Rough Terrain Crane.

360 and degree
360 degree view at the main entrance of the park outside the hall of columns
* Jean-Luc Godard, in his film Sympathy for the Devil, used a crane for almost every shot in the movie, giving each scene a 360 degree tour of the tableau Godard presented to the viewer.
The number " 360 " suggested a " 360 degree ," or " all-around " computer system.
* 360 degree Virtual Tour of Voortrekker Monument
It is empirically observed that more than 5 full 360 degree wraps creates little additional loss, so 3 to 5 turns are commonly specified.
For example, moving clockwise on a 360 ° degree circle, a point due east would have an azimuth of 90 °, south 180 °, and west 270 °.
When using degree as the units, the arc's length is compared to 1 / 360 of the circumference of the circle.
To gain canopy control of the T-10D parachute, the jumper reaches up, secures all four risers and simultaneously makes a 360 degree check of his canopy.
Examples of this are oblique, reverse oblique, stub, italic and 360 degree nibs.
A walking track leads to The Horn and visitors can enjoy a 360 degree view from the top.
* 360 degree interactive images
Examples include the Varial Double Flip ( 180 degree backside rotation ), Double Hardflip ( 180 degree frontside rotation ), and the Double 360 Flip ( 360 degree backside rotation ).
For identical reasons, the apparent position of the Sun relative to the backdrop of the stars at some seasonally fixed time, say the vernal equinox, slowly regresses a full 360 ° through all twelve traditional constellations of the zodiac, at the rate of about 50. 3 seconds of arc per year ( approximately 360 degrees divided by 25, 772 ), or 1 degree every 71. 6 years.
Modine Memorial Library ), Canton Chinese Restaurant and Glen Maury Park, particularly the two-story wooden pavilion which provides 360 degree views of the surrounding landscape.
* Chartres World Heritage Site in panographies – 360 degree interactive imaging
The 360 degree view from the summit of the mountain encompasses about 1 / 10 of New South Wales ' area or 80, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 31, 000 sq mi ).

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