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Health | Cholesterol derivatives having an additional double bond in any position. 24-Dehydrocholesterol is desmosterol. The other most prevalent dehydrocholesterol is the 7-isomer. This compound is a precursor of cholesterol and of vitamin D3. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 48 59 44 52 4F 43 48 4F 4C 45 53 54 45 52 4F 4C 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .... -.--. -.. .-. --- -.-. .... --- .-.. . ... - . .-. --- .-.. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01001000 01011001 01000100 01010010 01001111 01000011 01001000 01001111 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001111 01001100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E H Y D R O C H O L E S T E R O L S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0048 0059 0044 0052 004F 0043 0048 004F 004C 0045 0053 0054 0045 0052 004F 004C 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38394259385249374249463953543952494653 |
| 1. Orthography 2. Bibliography |
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