Reflecting instruments are those that use mirrors to enhance their ability to make measurements. In particular, the use of mirrors permits one to observe...

The octant, also called a reflecting quadrant, is a reflecting instrument used in navigation. The name octant derives from the Latin octans meaning eighth...

equity-based (reflecting ownership of the issuing entity) or debt-based (reflecting a loan the investor has made to the issuing entity). If the instrument is debt...

A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image...

primarily in navigation; type of reflecting instrument Optical spectrometer, also known as Spectrograph: instrument to measure the properties of visible...

device that can be used for navigation. The Bris is, however, a true reflecting instrument which derives its high accuracy from the same principle of double...

[citation needed] These instruments differ substantially from a navigator's sextant in that the latter is a reflecting instrument. The navigator's sextant...

instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it...

Quintet. Problems playing these files? See media help. A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which...

of the Sequence trading platform in 1996, EPICs were renamed Tradable Instrument Display Mnemonics (TIDM), but they are still widely referred to as EPICs...

The 1809 Instrument of Government (Swedish: 1809 års regeringsform), adopted on 6 June 1809 by the Riksdag of the Estates and King Charles XIII, was the...

A kaleidoscope (/kəˈlaɪdəskoʊp/) is an optical instrument with two or more reflecting surfaces (or mirrors) tilted to each other at an angle, so that one...

appearances. Trading in his old guitar for $8, he purchased a Martin instrument for $175 (equivalent to $2,000 in 2024) and his trio began playing in...

a woodwind instrument, was played at sacrifices. Song (carmen) was integral to almost every social occasion. Music was thought to reflect the orderliness...

amount of mathematics required. In 1829 Francis Ronalds invented a reflecting instrument for recording angles graphically by modifying the octant. By observing...

Goniometer Graphometer Inclinometer Mural instrument Protractor Quadrant Reflecting instruments Octant Reflecting circles Sextant Theodolite and total station...

electrocardiograph (ECG), in a wide variety of scientific and engineering instruments, and in reference to radio and radar receivers. Compact solar cells for...

qanun (Arabic: القانون, /kəˈnuːn/ kə-NOON) is a Middle Eastern string instrument. It is played either solo or more often as part of an ensemble in much...

may be very low if one is verifying a physical law using high-quality instruments, but may be regarded as very high in the social sciences, where there...

Turner-sclerometer (from Ancient Greek: σκληρός meaning "hard"), is an instrument used by metallurgists, material scientists and mineralogists to measure...

or transmittance (%T) or reflectance (%R), and its change with time. A UV-Vis spectrophotometer is an analytical instrument that measures the amount of...

representation of G by C. The standard abbreviation was C. IVLIVS CÆSAR, reflecting the older spelling. (The letterform Æ is a ligature of the letters A and...

performing some classic Cat Stevens songs and more recent compositions reflecting his concern for peace and child welfare. His set included Stevie Wonder's...

to country rock. A self-taught musician, he has said he can play every instrument in his backing band and has overseen production on all but two of his...

The jug used as a musical instrument is an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with buzzed lips to produce a trombone-like tone. The...

1969 lunar mission. IBM also developed and manufactured the Saturn V's Instrument Unit and Apollo spacecraft guidance computers. On April 7, 1964, IBM launched...

二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, that is sometimes known in the Western...

and a portion of the band's merchandise in Clackamas, Oregon, but the instruments and equipment were not recovered. On December 12, 2005, Meloy revealed...

ISBN 978-0-907628-79-8 Wade, Nicholas J.; Finger, Stanley (2001). "The eye as an optical instrument: from camera obscura to Helmholtz's perspective". Perception. 30 (10):...

"demands the subordination of the voice" to the overall sound of the band. Reflecting metal's roots in the 1960s counterculture, an "explicit display of emotion"...