Flashcards in Terminology Deck (38)
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PI
Symbol denotation ratio of a circle to diameter (3.1459265)
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Circumference
Perimeter of a circle
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Diameter
Length of a straight line through the center of an object
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Radius
Half the distance of a diameter
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Breaching Radius
Half the distance that the explosive force of an explosive breaches through ( 3 dimensional) (AFTER THE ROUNDING RULES)
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One Dimensional
Lacking depth, A line
Example; the horizon
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Two Dimensional
Area with no depth only surface.
Example; the top of a table
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Three Dimensional
Area plus depth.
Example; a brick
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Area
Surface set in 2 dimensional.
Length x Width
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Volume
Amount of space occupied by 3 dimensional objects.
Length x width x height
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Square
Rectangle with equal four sides, no depth. (2 dimensional)
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Cube
Object with 6 sides has depth
(3 dimensional)
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Cylinder
A circle with depth.
Example; a role of quarters
(3 dimensional)
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Cone
A cylinder with a triangular top.
Example; ice cream cone
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Square Root
A factor of a number that the root is itself times itself.
Example; Square root of 9=3.
3 x 3 = 9
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Cube Root
The factor of a number when the root is itself times itself.
Example; the cube root of 27=3.
3x3x3=27
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Fraction
A numerical representation indicating a quotient of two numbers.
Example; 1/2, 1/4
A Portion, A fragment
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Numerator
A part of a fraction above line and signifies the number to be divided by denominator
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Denominator
Part of a fraction below line and that fractions as divisor of the numerator
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Decimal
Fragment or part of whole number expressed in numbers by percentage.
ex) .12 .32
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Whole Number
Entity not a fragment
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Round Up
Taking the first number passed the decimal point and rounding it up to the nearest whole number.
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Round Off
Taking the numbers two places passed the decimal and rounding up to the nearest whole number if it is .50 or above and rounding down to the nearest whole number is it is .49 or lower.
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Deflagrate
Change from a solid to a gaseous state relatively slow (burning)
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Detonate
Instantaneously or rapid change from a solid to a gaseous state
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M183 Satchel Charge
Consist of 16 blocks M112 C-4 PKG Wt. 20lbs
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Charge
Consist of one or more blocks of explosive. Example; you have 4 trees to destroy, each tree takes 4 blocks of TNT. To destroy all 4 trees, take 4 charges, each charge consisting of 4 (1 lb) block of TNT for a total of 16 (1 lb) blocks of TNT.
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Block Package/Stick
Single entity of explosive
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Fuse Igniter
M60 used for non-electrical firing system. M-81 used for MDI.
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