While all modern variants of the acre contain 4, 840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends on which yard it is based on.

While an exact number has not been determined, thousands of Canadians have purchased and used what they contend to be grey market radio and television services, licensed in the United States but not in Canada.

While most small corporations do not have a 2 / 3 vote requirement, in the exact opposite, most large corporations especially those incorporated in Delaware, do have a 2 / 3 vote requirement.

While historians disagree over the exact authorship of the work, the writing contains clear indications of Allen's style.

While the exact definition and what is included as extreme sport is debatable, some attempted to make classification for extreme sports.

While the exact location of the grave is unknown, a stone was added in the 19th century to mark a grave traditionally thought to be Calvin's.

While the exact cause of primary lymphedema is still unknown, it generally occurs due to poorly developed or missing lymph nodes and / or channels in the body.

While the exact relationship of the short and apparently primitive text of Q1 to the later published texts is not resolved, Hardin Craig among others has suggested that it may represent an earlier draft of the play and hence would confirm that the play referred to in 1589 is in fact merely an earlier draft of Shakespeare's play.

While the exact cause of this behavior is unknown, springbok exhibit this activity when they are nervous or otherwise excited.

While her exact route is unknown, Tubman made use of the network known as the Underground Railroad.

While the exact style of the wine will vary from producer, some of the terroir characteristics associated with California Chardonnay include " flinty " notes with the Russian River Valley and mango & guava from Monterey.

While the exact meaning of the term layer-4 switch is vendor-dependent, it almost always starts with a capability for network address translation, but then adds some type of load distribution based on TCP sessions.

While this greatly reduced the bandwidth requirements for spammers at a time when Internet connections were limited, it forced each spam to be an exact copy and thus easier to detect.

While the issue of the exact theological structure and composition of the Sermon on the Mount is subject to debate among scholars, specific components within it, each associated with particular teachings, can be identified.

While his motives for founding this order are ultimately unknown, it was said to be all for his own political and personal gain and to also exact vengeance on his enemies.

While the exact origins of chess are unclear, modern rules first took form during the Middle Ages.

While the video signal can easily hide the head-switching point in the invisible vertical retrace section of the signal, so that the exact switching point is not very important, the same is obviously not possible with a continuous audio signal that has no inaudible sections.

While the exact cause of endometriosis remains unknown, many theories have been presented to better understand and explain its development.

While Widukind was considered the leader of the Saxon resistance by the Franks, his exact role in the military campaigns is unknown.

While variants turn up in other places ( for example a poem often ascribed to Virgil called Moretum contains the phrase E Pluribus Unus ), this is the oldest known use of the exact phrase.

While the exact provenance of the word " poutine " is uncertain, some of its meanings undoubtedly result at least in part from the influence of the English word pudding.

While the exact date of Crawford's break with Seymour is disputed, it was complete by 1908.

While there is no consensus on the exact meaning of the name Itzamna, it may be significant that itz is a root denoting all sorts of secretions ( such as dew, sap, and semen ) and also sorcery.

While the exact mechanisms have yet to be elucidated, peroxidases are known to play a part in increasing a plant's defenses against pathogens.

While there are some similarities between the two movements, Theodism derived its origins primarily as a reaction to Wicca.

While the origins of hip-hop are believed to be from the Bronx, rival hip-hop group Juice Crew's lyrics were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song " The Bridge " that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge.

While the British military historian Sir John Keegan suggested an ideal definition of battle as " something which happens between two armies leading to the moral then physical disintegration of one or the other of them ", the origins and outcomes of battles can rarely be summarized so neatly.

While long integrated into Kei Island society, residents of these settlements continue to value the historical origins of their ancestors.

While traditionally accepted as the genuine words of Moses delivered on the eve of the occupation of Canaan, a broad consensus of modern scholars now see its origins in traditions from Israel ( the northern kingdom ) brought south to the Kingdom of Judah in the wake of the Assyrian destruction of Samaria ( 8th century BCE ) and then adapted to a program of nationalist reform in the time of King Josiah ( late 7th century ), with the final form of the modern book emerging in the milieu of the return from the Babylonian exile during the late 6th century.

While some similar frescoes have been found in other locations around the Mediterranean basin, particularly in Egypt and Morocco, their origins are subject to speculation.

While the game's origins may lie elsewhere, Montreal is at the centre of the development of the modern sport of ice hockey.

While further research is needed to precisely comprehend their origins, the Oromo are believed to have originally adhered to a pastoralist / nomadic and / or semi-agriculturalist lifestyle.

While virtually all Pentecostal denominations trace their origins to Azusa Street, the movement has experienced a variety of divisions and controversies.

While the term Sabbat originated from Judaism and is of Hebrew origin, the festivals themselves have historical origins in Celtic and Germanic pre-Christian feasts, and the Wheel of the Year, as has developed in modern Paganism and Wicca, is really a combination of the two cultures ' solstice and equinox celebrations.

While the origins of the study of celestial features and phenomenon can be traced back to antiquity, the scientific methodology of this field began to develop in the middle of the 17th century.

While this expansion is well-modeled by the Big Bang theory, the origins of the singularity remains one of the unsolved problems in physics.

While a significant portion of Israeli Jews still retain memories of their Sephardic, Ashkenazi and Mizrahi origins, mixed Jewish marriages among the communities are very common.

While some enthusiasts claim the dish has been consumed since the time of the Vikings, most believe that its origins lie in the 16th-century Netherlands.

While seeking origins others have suggested examination of some similarities to the Babylonian creature, Humbaba, in the Gilgamesh epic.

While the AOC system has origins in the 15th century, the Languedoc-Roussillon has some appellations like the Cabardès which have existed by law only since 1999 ( Joseph 2005: 190 ).

While " ghetto " as an adjective can be used derogatorily, the African American community, particularly the hip hop scene, has taken the word for themselves and begun using it in a more positive sense that transcends its derogatory origins.

While many workplaces through history have been crowded, dangerous, low-paying and without job security, the concept of a sweatshop has its origins between 1830 and 1850 as a specific type of workshop in which a certain type of middleman, the sweater, directed others in garment making ( the process of producing clothing ), under arduous conditions.

While these are mostly regionalisms ( i. e. originating from the dialect commonly spoken in the area, regardless of color ), a number of them — such as the deletion of is — are used much more frequently by black speakers, suggesting that they have their origins in black speech.

While it is clear that there is a strong relationship between AAVE and Southern American English, the unique characteristics of AAVE are not fully explained and its origins are still a matter of debate.

While the modern DU Fencing Club was founded in 1941, its origins can be dated to the 1700s when a ' Gentleman's Club of the Sword ' existed, primarily for duelling practice.

While this is not currently legislated as it was in the origins of the Order, this is to be a distinguishing mark of their lives as a community.

While its origins are disputed, it is " clearly of foreign derivation .... Gifford, in a note in his edition of Ben Jonson, tells us that ' Pimlico is sometimes spoken of as a person, and may not improbably have been the master of a house once famous for ale of a particular description.