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  2. Working paper - Wikipedia

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    A working paper or technical paper. This encompasses literature that has not been peer reviewed or published in an academic journal. [1] Working papers may be disseminated for the purpose of receiving feedback to improve the publication. [2] They are often the basis for related works, and may in themselves be cited by peer-review papers.

  3. Paper - Wikipedia

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    Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying. Although paper was originally made in single sheets ...

  4. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    It has the height of Canadian P4 paper (215 mm × 280 mm, about 81⁄2 in × 11 in) and the width of international A4 paper (210 mm × 297 mm or 8.27 in × 11.69 in), i.e. it uses the smaller value among the two for each side. The table shows how this format can be generalized into an entire format series.

  5. Paperboard - Wikipedia

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    Paperboard is a thick paper -based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.30 mm, 0.012 in, or 12 points) than paper and has certain superior attributes such as foldability and rigidity. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a grammage above ...

  6. Railgun - Wikipedia

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    A railgun consists of two parallel metal rails (hence the name). At one end, these rails are connected to an electrical power supply, to form the breech end of the gun. Then, if a conductive projectile is inserted between the rails (e.g. by insertion into the breech), it completes the circuit.

  7. Ministry of Works (Malaysia) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .kkr .gov .my. Footnotes. Ministry of Works on Facebook. The Ministry of Works ( Malay: Kementerian Kerja Raya; Jawi: كمنترين كرجا راي ‎), abbreviated KKR, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for public works, highway authority, construction industry, engineers, architects and quantity ...

  8. Polytetrafluoroethylene - Wikipedia

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    Polytetrafluoroethylene. Polytetrafluoroethylene ( PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, and has numerous applications because it is chemically inert. The commonly known brand name of PTFE-based composition is Teflon by Chemours, [1] a spin-off from DuPont, which originally discovered the compound in 1938.

  9. Snapchat - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.snapchat.com. Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.