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  • noun algebraic geometry The direction aligned with the y-axis of a coordinate system.

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  • Similarly, observer O sees an airplane moving at velocity in the x-direction, in the y-direction, and in the z-direction.

    Relativity: Newtonian relativity « Skulls in the Stars 2008

  • Neither photon 1 nor photon 2 is in a definite polarization state when the pair is in the state | ψ, but their potentialities (in the terminology of Heisenberg 1958) are correlated: if by measurement or some other process the potentiality of photon 1 to be polarized along the x-direction or along the y-direction is actualized, then the same will be true of photon 2, and conversely.

    Bell's Theorem Shimony, Abner 2009

  • The wavelet analyses of the polar position time series in the y-direction has identified a lunar nodal spectrum of about 4* 18.6 = 74, 18.6, 18.6/3=6.2 and 6.2/5= 1.2 years.

    Risk Management Solutions Ltd and the 37 Professors « Climate Audit 2007

  • This connection leads to the hypothesis that a long-term stepwise displacement of the y-direction will lead to a inflow of more Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and long term reduction in the extend of the Arctic ice cover.

    Risk Management Solutions Ltd and the 37 Professors « Climate Audit 2007

  • The position of the pole has a stepwise displacement in the y-direction in the years 1890 and

    Risk Management Solutions Ltd and the 37 Professors « Climate Audit 2007

  • To determine the x - and y-component of the force notice that o ne charge exerts a force in the x-direction only, one charge exerts a force in the y-direction only, and one charge exerts a force that needs to be broken down into x and y components.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • The acceleration in the y-direction is zero since the yo-yo stays on the table.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • The movement is shown by a vector: movement in the x-direction movement in the y-direction

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • Let me first calculate the average acceleration (in the y-direction):

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Rhett Allain none@example.com 2010

  • (B) Fluorescence intensity is represented as a carpet with the line in the x-direction and the time in the y-direction.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Francesco Cardarelli et al. 2010

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