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For example, a "2×4" board historically started out as a green, rough board actually 2 by 4 inches (51 mm × 102 mm). After drying and planing, it would be smaller by a nonstandard amount. Today, a "2×4" board starts out as something smaller than 2 inches by 4 inches and not specified by standards, and after drying and planing is minimally 1 ...
Umpteen, umteen or umpty [20] is an unspecified but large number, used in a humorous fashion or to imply that it is not worth the effort to pin down the actual figure.. Despite the -teen ending, which would seem to indicate that it lies between 12 and 20, umpteen can be much
The 366 cu in (6.0 L) big-block V-8 gasoline engine was used in Chevrolet medium duty trucks and school buses. It had a bore and a stroke of 3.935 in × 3.76 in (99.9 mm × 95.5 mm). This engine was made from the 1960s until 2004.The 366 used 4 rings on the pistons, as it was designed from the very beginning as a truck engine.
[10] Time included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005, [11] and it was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list, reaching number 13 on the editors' list and number 6 on the readers' list. [12] In 2003, it was listed at number eight on The Big Read survey by the BBC. [13]
Tales Told by Dead Friends is the debut EP by American rock band Mayday Parade, released on June 13, 2006. The group resulted from the merger of local acts Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment. The group resulted from the merger of local acts Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment.
It was the first time all of the "big four" members played on the same stage in the UK. [110] On December 17, 2010, Another "big four" Sonisphere performance that would take place in France on July 9 was announced. [111] On January 25, 2011, another "big four" performance on April 23, 2011, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, was ...
Sagan gave an example that if the entire volume of the observable universe is filled with fine dust particles roughly 1.5 micrometers in size (0.0015 millimeters), then the number of different combinations in which the particles could be arranged and numbered would be about one googolplex. [5] [6]
Traditionally, a number of different sizes were defined for large sheets of paper, and paper sizes were defined by the sheet name and the number of times it had been folded. Thus a full sheet of "royal" paper was 25 × 20 inches, and "royal octavo" was this size folded three times, so as to make eight sheets, and was thus 10 × 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches.