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This twisted phase reorients light that has passed through the first polarizer, allowing its transmission through the second polarizer ( and reflected back to the observer if a reflector is provided ).
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The liquid crystal alignment is chosen so that its relaxed phase is a twisted one ( see Twisted nematic field effect ).
This change is dependent on selective reflection of certain wavelengths by the crystallic structure of the material, as it changes between the low-temperature crystallic phase, through anisotropic chiral or twisted nematic phase, to the high-temperature isotropic liquid phase.
The twisted nematic phase has the molecules oriented in layers with regularly changing orientation, which gives them periodic spacing.
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Torsion weapons, which rely on the energy generated from twisted animal sinew became siege weapons and light artillery – such as the Greek ballista or the Roman scorpion.
When no voltage is applied to a TN liquid crystal cell, polarized light passes through the 90-degrees twisted LC layer.
* Csöröge ( crispy, light Hungarian Angel Wing fry cookies, a twisted thin fried cookie made of yeast dough, dusted with powdered sugar )
In some cases, negative campaigning presents twisted or spun information under the guise of bringing hidden negatives into the light.
Twine is a light string or strong thread composed of two or more smaller strands or yarns twisted together.
Liburna was presented as light type of the ship with one row of oars, one mast, one sail and prow twisted outwards.
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Then in 2 we show that any line involution with the properties that ( A ) It has no complex of invariant lines, and ( B ) Its singular lines form a complex consisting exclusively of the lines which meet a twisted curve, is necessarily of the type discussed in 1.
De Vries has been " twisted " — made into an amoral sadist by his Tleilaxu creators.
" Don't get it twisted, God has always existed ," said Kurtis, " and in terms of these young people out here who love Jesus but do not like to go to church, maybe hip hop can bring them back to the church.
After breaking into the facility, which has been overrun by the twisted creatures he encountered in Kugelstadt ( dubbed ' Lopers '), Blazkowicz retrieves Deathshead's journal.
For better performance at high frequencies, litz wire, which has the individual strands insulated and twisted in special patterns, may be used.
In particular, the twisted paper model is a developable surface ( it has zero Gaussian curvature ).
A twisted pair has two wires of a cable twisted around each other.
Where the interfering signal has a wave length that is long compared to the pitch of the twisted pair, alternate lengths of wires develop opposing voltages, tending to cancel the effect of the interference.
Kelvin-Helmholtz waves are a form of cirrus intortus that has been twisted into loops by vertical wind shear.
The Z88 has a built-in eight-line, " super-twisted " LCD display, which has greater contrast than conventional twisted nematic LCDs.
When drying, the wood has a tendency to be encurved as a twisted material, and to split into narrow sticks.
However, usually a shielded or a screened twisted pair cable has a special grounding wire added called a drain wire.
Crewel wool has a long staple ; it is fine and can be strongly twisted.
Once a benevolent ruler of Algol, Lassic has become twisted by a sinister new faith that has begun to spread throughout Algol.
Bits with twisted mouthpieces are used for horses that a rider has to put a lot of effort in to turn.
The pulpit is decorated with marquetry and fretwork and has a staircase with a twisted balusters.
Once he is fully recovered, Jopin recognises Corwin, and shows him that the Vale of Garnath, previously a pleasant valley adjacent to Amber, has become a warped and twisted evil place.
This negative view of Jane has been rejected by her modern-day biographer, Julia Fox, who believes that Jane actually enjoyed a warm and supportive relationship with Queen Anne and that it was the terror of the palace coup against the Boleyns in 1536 that provoked Jane's testimony, which was twisted by her family's enemies anyway.
In physics, K-theory and in particular twisted K-theory have appeared in Type II string theory where it has been conjectured that they classify D-branes, Ramond – Ramond field strengths and also certain spinors on generalized complex manifolds.
As the local loop becomes upgraded, with fiber optic and coaxial cable technologies sometimes replacing the original unshielded twisted pair to the premises, the demarcation point has grown to incorporate the equipment necessary to interface the original premises POTS wiring and equipment to the new communication channel.
As a way of visualizing the choice of a gauge, consider whether it is possible to tell if a cylinder has been twisted.
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The slider passed through the field frames of the weapon, in which were located the torsion springs ( rope made of animal sinew ), which were twisted around the bow arms, which in turn, were attached to the bowstring.
They twisted the ends of the fabric together and passed the twisted ends through a jacket buttonhole.
Its six strings, which are made of twisted silk passed through its back plate.
Archaeologists have discovered a unique form of bronze cheek-pieces Maikop culture, which represent a bronze pin with twisted loop in the middle with a passed through her node, which ended with the soft snaffle, strap and belt headband.
A slider passed through the field frames of the weapon, in which were located the torsion springs ( rope made of animal sinew ), which were twisted around the bow arms, which in turn were attached to the bowstring.
This property allows it to remain locked around an object, such as when it is passed through a small hole on a fastener, looped back upon itself and then twisted.
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For mounting to corrugated plastic backgrounds, very small holes may be drilled in the sides of the letters and stainless steel wire threaded through the openings, its ends twisted behind the panels.
He glanced up in time to see Roberts hurtling down on him from above, literally flying through the air, his bloody face twisted.
There he encounters horrific creatures, malformed and twisted through surgery and mechanical implants.
The yarn is twisted through the spinning of the bobbin as the carriage moves out, and is rolled onto a cop as the carriage returns.
Extended or composite objects ( consisting of many elementary particles ) are thus a union of many world lines twisted together by virtue of their interactions through spacetime into a " world-braid ".
Teleprinter circuits were generally leased from a communications common carrier and consisted of twisted pair copper wires through ordinary telephone cables that extended from the teleprinter located at the customer location to the common carrier central office.
One possibility is twisted grain alignment along the line of sight due to variation in the galactic magnetic field ; another is the line of sight passes through multiple clouds.
Electromagnetic radiation can be transmitted through an optical media, such as optical fiber, or through twisted pair wires, coaxial cable, or dielectric-slab waveguides.
The ends of lengths of wire or wire-ended components such as capacitors and resistors were pushed through the terminals, and usually looped and twisted.
The lyrics-which included the lines " you see the stars through eyes lit up with lies / you got your stories all twisted up in mine.
FDM is also used by telephone systems to transmit multiple telephone calls through high capacity trunklines, communications satellites to transmit multiple channels of data on uplink and downlink radio beams, and broadband DSL modems to transmit large amounts of computer data through twisted pair telephone lines, among many other uses.
In some cases, its meaning becomes twisted through misguided efforts to avoid offending anyone ; a news report of a riot may refer to a " gentleman " trying to smash a window with a dustbin in order to loot a store.
It is possible to circumnavigate the lake by road, though the route is slow, twisted, and goes through tunnels part of the way.
Finial stones on several pinnacles broke off, and several pinnacles twisted out of alignment or collapsed entirely ; some gargoyles and other carvings were damaged, and a hole was punched through the metal-clad roof by falling masonry.
The shaft ( nagaye or ebu ) of the kuda yari goes through a hollow metal tube that allowed the kuda yari to be twisted while being thrust.
Customers connect to the DSLAM through ADSL modems or DSL routers, which are connected to the PSTN network via typical unshielded twisted pair telephone lines.
On September 13, 2008, many of the tower's windows were blown out as Hurricane Ike moved through the area leaving desks exposed, metal blinds hanging in a twisted heap and smoky black glass covering the streets below.
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