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== Mathematics == | == Mathematics == | ||
* Sin = Obtuse / Hypotenuse; Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse; Tangent = Obtuse / Adjacent | * Sin = Obtuse / Hypotenuse; Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse; Tangent = Obtuse / Adjacent – see [[trigonometry]] | ||
** '''SOH CAH TOA''' | ** '''SOH CAH TOA''' | ||
== Science == | == Science == | ||
* The | * The [[color]]s of the [[rainbow]]: [[red]], [[orange]], [[yellow]], [[green]], [[blue]], [[indigo]] and [[violet]]. | ||
** '''R'''ichard '''o'''f '''Y'''ork '''g'''ave '''b'''attle '''i'''n '''v'''ain. | ** '''R'''ichard '''o'''f '''Y'''ork '''g'''ave '''b'''attle '''i'''n '''v'''ain. | ||
* Order of the planets: Mercury, Venus, Terra, Mars, Asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune | * Order of the [[planets]]: [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], [[Terra]] (or [[Earth]]), [[Mars]], [[Asteroids]], [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], [[Uranus]], [[Neptune]] and [[Pluto]] | ||
** "'''M'''other '''v'''ery '''t'''houghtfully '''m'''ade '''a''' '''j'''elly '''s'''andwich '''u'''nder '''n'''o '''p'''rotest" | ** "'''M'''other '''v'''ery '''t'''houghtfully '''m'''ade '''a''' '''j'''elly '''s'''andwich '''u'''nder '''n'''o '''p'''rotest" | ||
==Engineering== | ==Engineering== | ||
*The color code on electronic resistors: Black = 0, Brown = 1, Red = 2, Orange = 3, Yellow = 4, Green = 5, Blue = 6, Violet = 7, Gray = 8, White = 9 | * The color code on electronic [[resistors]]: [[Black]] = 0, [[Brown]] = 1, [[Red]] = 2, [[Orange]] = 3, [[Yellow]] = 4, [[Green]] = 5, [[Blue]] = 6, [[Violet]] = 7, [[Gray]] = 8, [[White]] = 9 | ||
** "'''B'''ad '''b'''oys '''r'''avish '''o'''ur '''y'''oung '''g'''irls '''b'''ut '''V'''iolet '''g'''oes '''w'''illingly" | ** "'''B'''ad '''b'''oys '''r'''avish '''o'''ur '''y'''oung '''g'''irls '''b'''ut '''V'''iolet '''g'''oes '''w'''illingly" | ||
Revision as of 04:50, 15 April 2010
Mathematics
- Sin = Obtuse / Hypotenuse; Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse; Tangent = Obtuse / Adjacent – see trigonometry
- SOH CAH TOA
Science
- The colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
- Richard of York gave battle in vain.
- Order of the planets: Mercury, Venus, Terra (or Earth), Mars, Asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
- "Mother very thoughtfully made a jelly sandwich under no protest"