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EXTREME TEMPERATURES

Specialty Definition: EXTREME TEMPERATURES

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Geography

Highest and lowest temperatures attained during a given time interval. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: EXTREME TEMPERATURES

Specialty definitions using "EXTREME TEMPERATURES": climatical stress. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: EXTREME TEMPERATURES

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Health

Extreme temperatures may disrupt sleep or prevent you from falling asleep. (references)

Business

Petrochemical production machinery that can handle high pressures, extreme temperatures or large amounts of corrosives stand a good chance of being sold in the Taiwan market. (references)

Political Economy

Israel and the occupied territories

The Commission's work was expected to continue into 2002. A landmark decision by the High Court of Justice in September 1999 prohibited the use of a variety of other abusive practices, including violent shaking, painful shackling in contorted positions, sleep deprivation for extended periods of time, and prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures; however, during the year, human rights organizations, including B'tselem, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), and the Mandela Institute for Political Prisoners reported that there was an increase in the number of allegations that security forces tortured detainees, including using methods prohibited in the High Court decision. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: EXTREME TEMPERATURES

Language Translations for "EXTREME TEMPERATURES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ekstreme temperaturer (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

extreme temperaturen (temperature extremes), temperatuurextremen (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

äärilämpötilat (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

French

  

extrêmes de température (temperature extremes), températures extrêmes (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

German

  

Temperaturextreme (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ακραίες θερμοκρασίες (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Italian

  

temperature estreme (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

extremeay emperaturestay

   

Portuguese

  

extremos de temperatura (temperature extremes), temperaturas extremas (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

temperaturas extremas (temperature extremes). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

extremtemperaturer (temperature extremes). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: EXTREME TEMPERATURES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 54 52 45 4D 45      54 45 4D 50 45 52 41 54 55 52 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01010100 01010010 01000101 01001101 01000101 00100000 01010100 01000101 01001101 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#84 &#82 &#69 &#77 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#69 &#77 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0058 0054 0052 0045 004D 0045      0054 0045 004D 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 0055 0052 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395854523947392543947503952355455523953

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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