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Gini coefficient
measure of inequality in income or wealth distribution
Scoville scale
scale for measuring heat of peppers
Taishō period
period of Japanese history from 1912 to 1926, under the reign of Emperor Taishō

autopilot
thumb|upright=1.35|The autopilot control panel of a Boeing 747-200 aircraft
An autopilot is a system used to control the path of an aircraft without requiring constant intervention by a human operator. The autopilot does not replace human operators, but it assists them allowing them to focus on broader aspects of operations (for example, monitoring the trajectory, weather and on-board systems).
aircraft cockpit
thumb|thumbtime=36|Cockpit of an Airbus A319 during landing
thumb|thumbtime=36|Cockpit of an IndiGo A320
A cockpit, also called flight deck, is the area, on the front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or submersible, from which a pilot controls the vehicle.thumb|Cockpit of an Airbus A380|A380. Most Airbus cockpits/Flight Decks are glass cockpits featuring [[fly-by-wire technology.]]
thumb|1936 de Havilland Hornet Moth. Note the bifurcated split stick control column.
thumb|View of a cockpit seen from outside of a British Airways [[Boeing 747-400]]
The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instr
Republic of China calendar
calendar era used by the Republic of China, later Taiwan, starting from 1912 (= year 1 of Minguo era)
Phi phenomenon
optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession
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Barsoom
Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first Barsoom tale was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in pulp magazine The All-Story from February to July 1912 and published compiled as a novel as A Princess of Mars in 1917. It features John Carter, a late-19th-century American Confederate veteran who is mysteriously transported from Earth to the dying world of Mars where he meets and romances the beautiful Martian princess Dejah Thoris. Ten sequels followed over the next three decades, further extending his visi
DSMA-Notice
In the United Kingdom, D-Notices, officially known since 2015 as DSMA-Notices (Defence and Security Media Advisory Notices), are official requests to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for reasons of national security.
Memento dollar
Chinese silver dollar