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  2. Rhumb line - Wikipedia

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    On a north–south passage the rhumb line course coincides with a great circle, as it does on an east–west passage along the equator. On a Mercator projection map, any rhumb line is a straight line; a rhumb line can be drawn on such a map between any two points on Earth without going off the edge of the map. But theoretically a loxodrome can ...

  3. Spectral line - Wikipedia

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    A spectral line may be observed either as an emission line or an absorption line. Which type of line is observed depends on the type of material and its temperature relative to another emission source. An absorption line is produced when photons from a hot, broad spectrum source pass through a cooler material.

  4. Party line - Wikipedia

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    Party line or Party Line may refer to: Party line (politics), the agenda of a political party; Party line (telephony), a system where multiple telephone customers are connected to the same phone line; Film and television. Party Line, a 1988 indie film "Party Line" (SMW episode), a 1991 episode of Super Mario World

  5. Elizabeth line - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid urban–suburban rail [citation needed] service in London and its suburbs. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in ...

  6. 1-800-FREE-411 - Wikipedia

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    Callers dial 1-800 (888 or 866)-FREE411 [373-3411] from any phone in the United States to use the toll-free service. Sponsors cover part of the service cost by playing advertising messages during the call. Callers always hear an ad at the beginning of the call, and then another after they have made their request.

  7. Wide Area Telephone Service - Wikipedia

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    The WATS (Wide Area Telephone Service) line is the heart of all SNCC security and communications. For a flat monthly rate, an unlimited number of calls can be dialed directly to any place in the country — or the state — depending on what line one uses. The Jackson office has a state-wide line, the Atlanta office has the national WATS line.

  8. Single-line diagram - Wikipedia

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    A typical one-line diagram with annotated power flows. Red boxes represent circuit breakers, grey lines represent three-phase bus and interconnecting conductors, the orange circle represents an electric generator, the green spiral is an inductor, and the three overlapping blue circles represent a double-wound transformer with a tertiary winding.

  9. Secure telephone - Wikipedia

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    A Secure Terminal Equipment desk set. A secure telephone is a telephone that provides voice security in the form of end-to-end encryption for the telephone call, and in some cases also the mutual authentication of the call parties, protecting them against a man-in-the-middle attack.