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- proper noun Marcello Stefano Pirani, a German physicist (1880–1968).
- noun physics, chemistry A
Pirani gauge .
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Ara Paiaya stars as Agent X, racing to rescue a captured security defense expert from the hands of a rogue agent known as Pirani, a harsh man who will show no mercy to anyone.
Kung Fu Cinema 2009
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Ara Paiaya stars as Agent X, racing to rescue a captured security defense expert from the hands of a rogue agent known as Pirani, a harsh man who will show no mercy to anyone.
Kung Fu Cinema 2009
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Ara Paiaya stars as Agent X, racing to rescue a captured security defense expert from the hands of a rogue agent known as Pirani, a harsh man who will show no mercy to anyone.
Kung Fu Cinema 2009
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Mahindra is also likely to benefit from higher value of stakes in group companies, Rao and Pirani, who have a "buy" rating on the auto maker, said in a recent note.
Mahindra Anirban Chowdhury 2010
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Srinivas Rao and Amyn Pirani, Mumbai-based analysts at Deutsche Bank, said they expect Mahindra's tractor volumes to rise and interest costs to decline due to strong cash flow.
Mahindra Anirban Chowdhury 2010
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Governors Island's success could hinge on whether it can draw a big school or another major tenant to the island, said Robert Pirani , executive director of Governors Island Alliance, a civic advocacy group.
City Readies Island Money Joseph De Avila 2011
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The index “p” means a summation over the other Petrov-Pirani types.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask Sean 2008
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Pirani, and Schild note that their method “has some similarity to Helmholtz's derivation of the metrics of spaces of constant curvature” (Ehlers et al. 1972, 65).
Hermann von Helmholtz Patton, Lydia 2008
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The monopole of the gravity field is the black hole, the Petrov-Pirani type D solution.
Does Space Expand? Sean 2008
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But when it was described to him, Mr. Pirani questioned whether a land bridge connecting Manhattan to Governors Island would spur development.
NYT > Home Page By JULIE SATOW 2011
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