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  2. State of matter - Wikipedia

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    In physics, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist. Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. ...

  3. Ceramic glaze - Wikipedia

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    In the 13th century, flower designs were painted with red, blue, green, yellow and black overglazes. Overglazes became very popular because of the particular look they gave ceramics. From the eighth century, the use of glazed ceramics was prevalent in Islamic art and Islamic pottery, usually in the form of elaborate pottery.

  4. Diffuse reflection - Wikipedia

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    A surface may also exhibit both specular and diffuse reflection, as is the case, for example, of glossy paints as used in home painting, which give also a fraction of specular reflection, while matte paints give almost exclusively diffuse reflection.

  5. RAL colour standard - Wikipedia

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    RAL Colours logo. RAL is a colour management system used in Europe that is created and administered by the German RAL gGmbH [] [1] (RAL non-profit LLC), which is a subsidiary of the German RAL Institute [].

  6. Letterboxing (filming) - Wikipedia

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    The term "SmileBox" is a registered trademark [4] used to describe a type of letter-boxing for Cinerama films, such as on the Blu-ray release of How the West Was Won.The image is produced by using a map projection-like technique to approximate how the picture might look if projected onto a curved Cinerama screen.

  7. Tiger - Wikipedia

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    The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes.

  8. Nail polish - Wikipedia

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    Polished nails with nail art Fingernails before, during, and after application of red nail polish A woman's toes with dark nail polish. Nail polish (also known as nail varnish in British English or nail enamel) is a lacquer that can be applied to the human fingernails or toenails to decorate and protect the nail plates.

  9. Black–Scholes model - Wikipedia

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    The Black–Scholes / ˌ b l æ k ˈ ʃ oʊ l z / [1] or Black–Scholes–Merton model is a mathematical model for the dynamics of a financial market containing derivative investment instruments.