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    In mathematics, a bullet-nose curve is a unicursal quartic curve with three inflection points, given by the equation a 2 y 2 − b 2 x 2 = x 2 y 2 {\displaystyle...
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  • Bullet nose may refer to: Bullet-nose curve Bullet Nosed Betty Nose bullet This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bullet nose...
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    nose cone section of any vehicle or body meant to travel through a compressible fluid medium (such as a rocket or aircraft, missile, shell or bullet)...
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  • bicorn Bicuspid curve Bow curve Bullet-nose curve Cruciform curve Deltoid curve Devil's curve Hippopede Kampyle of Eudoxus Kappa curve Lemniscate of Booth Lemniscate...
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  • Serpentine curve Trident curve Trisectrix of Maclaurin Tschirnhausen cubic Witch of Agnesi Ampersand curve Bean curve Bicorn Bow curve Bullet-nose curve Cruciform...
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  • In algebraic geometry, a quartic plane curve is a plane algebraic curve of the fourth degree. It can be defined by a bivariate quartic equation: A x 4...
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  • Trident curve Trisectrix of Maclaurin Tschirnhausen cubic Witch of Agnesi Quartic plane curves include Ampersand curve Bean curve Bicorn Bow curve Bullet-nose...
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  • (BC) than a round nosed bullet, and a round nosed bullet will have a better Cd or BC than a flat point bullet. Large radius curves, resulting in a shallower...
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  • cartridge. The 1894 version of that cartridge used a 220-grain (14 g) round-nose bullet. Around 1901, the U.S. started developing an experimental rimless cartridge...
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    aerodynamics, an ogive is a pointed, curved surface mainly used to form the approximately streamlined nose of a bullet or other projectile, reducing air...
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  • a bullet experiences a small sideways wind component due to its yawing motion. This yawing motion along the bullet's flight path means that the nose of...
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    [ɕiŋkaꜜɰ̃seɴ] , lit. 'new trunk line'), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. It was initially...
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  • to be balanced with the rotational drag to keep the very fine nose (meplat) of the bullet pointed directly into the oncoming air. It should result in very...
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    inlet cone in ramjets Bow shape Bow curve Bullet Nose an open-ended hourglass Butterfly curve (algebraic) Cocked hat curve, also known as Bicorn Cone (from...
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    Surfboard (redirect from Surfboard nose)
    single curve between tip of nose and end of tail) or staged (distinct flat section in middle portion of board). The nose rocker or flip is the curve between...
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    constant acceleration. This allowed Galileo to show that a bullet's trajectory was a curve. Circa 1665, Sir Isaac Newton derived the law of air resistance...
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    '}{\phi '}}\right)\,\end{aligned}}} for positive values of J, slope of the curve is negative and vice versa. In the plot of pressure-flow rate the line separating...
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    armour-piercing bullet, introduced in 2002, has a 3.6 g (55.6 gr) sharp-pointed steel penetrator made of steel U12A and retains the soft lead plug in the nose for...
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    explosion or a thunderclap to the human ear. The crack of a supersonic bullet passing overhead or the crack of a bullwhip are examples of a small sonic...
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    patched": the bullet was surrounded by a piece of paper, covering the exposed lead shank of the bullet while a steel cap covered the nose of the bullet. The paper...
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    attacking aircraft's nose in relation to the defender's nose. TCA are generally grouped into three categories, called "pursuit curves". "Lead pursuit" occurs...
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  • bullet to the desired velocity. The heavy bullet was also an issue; the 220 grain (14 g) bullet was aerodynamically inefficient and had a very curved...
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    snub-nosed bullets before becoming transonic. Special cartridges have been developed for use with a silencer. These cartridges use very heavy bullets to...
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  • smaller calibers and lighter bullets, it also tests more aggressive rounds, as the first test already uses steel FMJ bullets, while the NIJ uses normal...
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    mass-produced repeating firearm was the Volcanic Rifle which used a hollow bullet with the base filled with powder and primer fed into the chamber from a...
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    The cartridge is identified by its double tapered (bottle nose) neck and absence of a bullet. Cartridge, caliber 7.62mm, NATO, ball, silent, XM115: Little...
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    Nakajima, Yoshikatsu (13 June 2018). "Epic journey of 500 Series, bullet train with a nose for adventure". asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the...
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    September 1962, the DS was restyled with a more aerodynamically efficient nose, better ventilation, and other improvements. It retained the open two headlamp...
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  • the shell's nose, the higher the C.R.H. Typical C.R.H. for British shells leading up to World War I was two: e.g. the curve of the nose of a two C.R...
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  • all-purpose bullet commonly used in revolvers that combines features of the wadcutter target bullet and traditional round nosed revolver bullets, and is used...
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