Frets are metal strips ( usually nickel alloy or stainless steel ) embedded along the fretboard and located at exact points that divide the scale length in accordance with a specific mathematical formula.

The exact shape of the Earth is not a simple mathematical shape ( sphere or oblate spheroid ) at the level of precision required for defining a standard of length.

This means that halving the physical string length does not halve the actual string vibration length, and hence, the overtones will not be exact multiples of a fundamental frequency.

Arago continued the work until 1809, his purpose being to measure a meridian arc in order to determine the exact length of a metre.

Suppose that, instead of an exact observation, x, the observation is the value in a short interval ( x < sub > j − 1 </ sub >, x < sub > j </ sub >), with length Δ < sub > j </ sub >, where the subscripts refer to a predefined set of intervals.

Although the exact function of the oSDN is not fully known, its volume, length, and cell number seem to correlate with sexual orientation, and a dimorphism in its volume and of cells could bias the processing cues involved in partner selection.

( Because the term " stud " is used inconsistently when referring to length, care should be taken to always specify the exact, actual length required.

Before the arising of the Sun they were approximately one thousand Valian Years in length ( the exact length of a Valian Year varied in different drafts of Tolkien's texts from close to 10 " Sun "- years in most versions to precisely 144 " Sun "- years in his final estimation ).

It was discovered in 1991 that the exact length of the race was one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards.

Barks defined the volume of money contained inside as " three cubic acres ", but the exact meaning, and therefore the volume, of a " cubic acre " is subject to interpretation by the reader, since an acre is a measure of area, not length, a cubic acre would be a 6-dimensional space of 247, 961, 850, 048, 000 feet to the sixth power.

Jansky discussed the puzzling phenomena with his friend, astrophysicist and teacher Albert Melvin Skellett, who pointed out that the time between the signal peaks was the exact length of a sidereal day, the timing you would get if the source was an astronomical one, " fixed " in relationship to the stars and passing in front of the antenna once every Earth rotation.

This makes selling and buying certain used compound bows more difficult due to considerable extra expense needed to adjust a bow that doesn't already match the new shooter's exact preference ( Mathews brand bows are particularly notorious for this due to draw length that is either completely fixed or only allows up to 1 " of downward adjustment before a new cam is necessary ).

While opinions and speculation abound on exact reasons for standardized paper sizes, the most revealing feature of popular sizes ( such as Letter and ISO 216 sizes ) is that they conform not to some arbitrary device dimension, but that the length of the paper is chosen to be the width of the page times the square root of two (≈ 1. 414 ).

This means that a rocket engine that spends any significant amount of time climbing through the atmosphere cannot be optimally shaped ; as it climbs the ambient pressure changes, so the exact shape and length of the skirt would have to change in order to maintain the proper pressure.

The exact point at which the background or subject will start to blur depends on the rate at which the object is moving, the angle that the object is moving in relation to the camera, the distance it is from the camera and the focal length of the lens in relation to the size of the digital sensor or film.

As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exact length adopted for 1 foot at a given place and time.

Focal length and diaphragm aperture affect the depth of field of a scene — that is, how much the background, mid-ground and foreground will be rendered in " acceptable focus " ( only one exact plane of the image is in precise focus ) on the film or video target.

The type of mental image picture created during a period of unconsciousness involves the exact recording of a painful experience.

The exact period when the hinge was substituted is not quite known, but the change apparently brought about another method of strengthening and decorating doors, viz, with wrought-iron bands of infinite varieties of design.

There is no clear consensus on exact amounts, as different scholars differ on exactly what elements of American aid during this period were part of the Marshall Plan.

Opinions vary as to the prophet's exact date, but nearly all scholars agree that Malachi prophesied during the Persian period, and after the reconstruction and dedication of the second temple in 516 BC ( compare Malachi 1: 10 ; Malachi 3: 1, Malachi 3: 10 ).

As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly uncertain.

Depending on the system, schools for this period or a part of it may be called secondary schools, high schools, gymnasia, lyceums, middle schools, sixth-form, sixth-form colleges, vocational schools and preparatory schools, and the exact meaning of any of these varies between the systems.

Depending on the system, schools for this period or a part of it may be called secondary schools, high schools, gymnasia, lyceums, middle schools, colleges, vocational schools and preparatory schools, and the exact meaning of any of these varies between the systems.

In some cases, multiple measurements are made over a period of time, and exact time synchronization is determined retrospectively.

Babrak Karmal, the Parchamite leader, met several leading Eastern Bloc figures during this period, and Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy and Assadullah Sarwari wanted to exact revenge on Amin.

But the exact rock known as the French Blue was never seen again, since it almost certainly was recut during this decades-long period of anonymity, probably into two pieces, and the larger one became the Hope Diamond.

Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this period, many scholars agree that the process began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna and the end of Napoleonic rule, and ended in 1870 with the Capture of Rome.

Logic was revived in the mid-nineteenth century, at the beginning of a revolutionary period when the subject developed into a rigorous and formalistic discipline whose exemplar was the exact method of proof used in mathematics.

The eligibility period for the Foreign Language Film category differs from that required for most other categories: the awards year defined for the Foreign Language Film category usually begins and ends before the ordinary awards year, which corresponds to an exact calendar year.

* The exact incubation period of Trichuris trichiura is unknown, however immature eggs in soil under favorable conditions take about three weeks to mature: 15 – 30 days, 10 days minimum to mature before ideal ingestion by the human host.

Krypton has been portrayed consistently as having been destroyed just after Superman's flight from the planet, with exact details of its destruction varying by time period, writers and franchise.

The exact form of the sanctuary at that period cannot be determined, but it seems to have been connected with the burning of the dead, and extensive remains of such cremation are found in all the earlier, pre-Sargonic strata.

The exact circumstances of that conversion are unknown, as no letters or diaries of his from this period have survived.

The exact time and place of his birth are unknown, but the period of his literary activity was between AD 211 and 222.

Benjamin Tucker writes, "... the patent monopoly ... consists in protecting inventors ... against competition for a period long enough to extort from the people a reward enormously in excess of the labor measure of their services, in other words, in giving certain people a right of property for a term of years in laws and facts of Nature, and the power to exact tribute from others for the use of this natural wealth, which should be open to all.

These treaties had awarded France territorial gains, but because of the vagaries of the language ( as with most treaties of the period ) they were notoriously imprecise and self-contradictory, and never specified exact boundary lines.

The judges believed that tying up property too long beyond the lives of people living at the time was wrong, although the exact period was not determined until another case, Cadell v. Palmer, 150 years later.

During the first six seasons the team has been in Connecticut, the Sun have tied the highest winning record of any team in the WNBA during that time period, posting a record of 127 – 77, translating into a winning percentage of. 623, with the Detroit Shock having the same exact record for those six years.

The exact duration of the orbital period cannot be easily determined, because the ' non-rotating frame of reference ' cannot be observed directly.

Like many composers in this period, he started his musical career as a chorister, although the exact location of his education is unknown: Mons, a town near Saint-Ghislain that had at least two churches with competent music schools, has been suggested.