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Precisely at the moment when it has lost its vision the mind of the community turns out from itself in a search for the ontological standard whereby it can measure itself.
Orders of the day began to specify the standard map for the movement.
They even accept the `` double standard '' of sex morality in a double sense, i.e., both sexes agree that standards for men differ from standards for women, and women apply to both sexes a standard different from that held by men.
Unquestionably Trujillo did some good things for his country: he improved public facilities such as roads and sanitation, attracted industry and investment and raised the standard of living notably.
This condition will undoubtedly continue until such time as a state uniform system of evaluation is established, or through mutual agreement of the local assessing officials for a method of standard assessment practice to be adopted.
undertake economic studies and surveys to determine present and prospective costs of producing water for beneficial consumptive purposes in various parts of the United States by the leading saline water processes as compared with other standard methods.
The estimated standard deviations of the data for two of the resistors were 1 millidegree ; ;
As a first step toward this goal, arrangements were worked out for comparing the scales now in use through circulation of a group of standard platinum resistance thermometers for calibration by each national laboratory.
Perhaps the outstanding standard bearer of Mr. Brown's tradition for accuracy was Mr. Oscar J. Beale, whose mechanical genius closely paralleled that of Mr. Brown, and whose particular forte was the development of the exceedingly accurate measuring machinery that enabled Brown & Sharpe to manufacture gages, and therefore its products, with an accuracy exceeding anything then available elsewhere in the world.
Another growth factor is increased consumer demand for better quality and larger quantities of fabrics that go with a rising standard of living.
Any alteration of one of these factors is distortion, although we generally use that word only for effects so pronounced that they can be stated quantitatively on the basis of standard tests.
The symbol for subtraction is the standard minus sign.
Actually, the engine displacement formula is the standard formula for computing the volume of a cylinder of any type with an added factor that represents the number of cylinders in the engine.
The most intriguing aspect of the S & W Magnum chambered for the new Jet is that it can also fire standard
For example, a Browning trap version of the Superposed over/under, the Broadway ( from $350 up, depending on grade ), differs from standard models in that it is equipped with a full beavertail fore end, a cushion recoil pad and a barrel-wide ventilated rib for fast sighting.
Wall panels and structural timbers are standard as are windows and doors, making for a minimum of cutting.
There are standard sliding glass windows in wood or aluminum frames for those panels requiring them.
Practically all bulky housing products can now be ordered in standard units palletized or unitized for mechanical handling -- including lumber, asphalt shingles, glass block, face brick, plaster, lime, hardboard, gypsum wallboard and sheathing, cement, insulation sheathing, floor tile, acoustical tile, plaster base, and asbestos shingles.
Of these, 376 said they make no extra charge for strapping in standard units, because they save enough on mechanized carloading to offset their strapping cost.
Lumber dealers and lumber manufacturers have agreed on a standard unit for unitized shipments -- 48'' '' wide by a nominal 30'' '' high ( or six McCracken packets 24'' '' wide by nominal 7'' '' high ).
Harris has indicated that two devices, the Launder-Ometer and Terg-O-Tometer are most widely used for rapid detergent testing, and he has listed the commercially available standard soiled fabrics.

standard and dimensions
For example, a hanging tom 12 " in diameter and 8 " deep would be described by Tama as 8x12, but by Pearl as 12x8, and a standard diameter Ludwig snare drum 5 " deep is a 5x14, while a Premier of the same dimensions is a 14x5.
The company's second title, New Comics # 1 ( cover date December 1934 ), appeared in a size close to what would become comic books ' standard during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books, with slightly larger dimensions than today's.
Tan come in standard dimensions — about 14 inches wide and 12½ yards long — and the entire bolt is used to make one kimono.
The dimensions of the factors correspond to the 1 photon + 3 vector bosons + 8 gluons of the standard model.
Even the " standard " ten-dimensional string theory allows the " curled up " dimensions to be compactified in an enormous number of different ways ( one estimate is 10 < sup > 500 </ sup > ) each of which corresponds to a different collection of fundamental particles and low-energy forces.
A tabloid is a newspaper with compact page size smaller than broadsheet, although there is no standard for the precise dimensions of the tabloid newspaper format.
Because these regimes influence and are influenced by the organization of both social and economic capital, the analysis of dimensions lacking a standard economic value ( e. g., the political economy of language, of gender, of religion ) often draw on the concepts used in Marxian critiques of capital.
SACD is a disc of identical physical dimensions to a standard compact disc ; the density of the disc is the same as a DVD and it encodes audio using a process known as Direct Stream Digital.
While still a student, he founded the Library Bureau which sold high quality index cards and filing cabinets, and established the standard dimensions for catalog cards.
The dimensions of the castra were often standard as well, with each of its four walls generally having a length of 2150 feet.
Repeatability is then quantified using the standard deviation of those samples in all three dimensions.
* 000-1: Slightly smaller in all dimensions than a dreadnought guitar ( the " standard " acoustic guitar ), solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back, laminated mahogany sides, tortoiseshell binding, rosewood fingerboard.
* DIN 4420, a DIN standard divided in 5 parts which covers the design and detail of scaffolds, ladder scaffolds, safety requirements and standard types, materials, components, dimensions and loadbearing capacity.
This standard combines the electrical characteristics of the PCI bus with the mechanical dimensions of the Common Mezzanine Card or CMC format ( IEEE 1386 standard ).
* Preferred number, a number that fits a standard guideline for choosing exact product dimensions within industrial design constraints
The 5. 5 GHz cantenna dimensions are almost perfect in that they make a perfect fit for the standard TV satellite dish.
Detection of counterfeit coins can be done either visually by comparison with known genuine coins, by using a coin gauge, or by precise weighing and measurement against standard dimensions ( see Specifications above ).
These nomograms often included markings for standard dimensions and for available manufactured parts.
Modern calculations show that the dimensions and fourteen-sided layout were dictated by the use of the standard 16th-century measure of one rod as a base and the carpenter's " rule of thumb " method of dividing a circle into seven equal parts, subdivided.
German artisans would take strips of metal of standard metric size to make things to blueprints whose dimensions were in inches: hence " 4 mm to the foot " yields the 1: 76. 2 size of the " 00 scale ".
XLR connectors are available from a number of manufacturers and are covered by an international standard for dimensions, IEC 61076-2-103.
The dimensions and tolerances for connectors and appliance inlets are given in standard sheets, which are dimensioned drawings showing the features required for safety and interchangeability.

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