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top, toy with a tapering point on which it can be made to spin. Tops were known in antiquity and appeared in Europe during the Middle Ages; they are used today in many different regions of the world by both primitive and advanced societies. The principle of its motion is utilized in the gyroscope gyroscope , symmetrical mass, usually a wheel, mounted so that it can spin about an axis in any direction. When spinning, the gyroscope has special properties.
..... Click the link for more information. . TOP (Technical Office Protocol) A communications protocol for office systems developed in the early 1980s by the Computer Services division of Boeing in Seattle, WA. It is often used in conjunction with MAP, the factory automation protocol developed by GM. TOP is used in the front office, and MAP is used on the factory floor. TOP uses the CSMA/CD access method (Ethernet), while MAP uses token bus.top 1. short for top gear 2. Cards the highest card of a suit in a player's hand 3. a platform around the head of a lower mast of a sailing vessel, the edges of which serve to extend the topmast shrouds 4. Chem the part of a volatile liquid mixture that distils first 5. the high-frequency content of an audio signal top [täp] (geology) (mechanics) A rigid body, one point of which is held fixed in an inertial reference frame, and which usually has an axis of symmetry passing through this point; its motion is usually studied when it is spinning rapidly about the axis of symmetry. (particle physics) The new quantum number associated with the top quark. Also known as truth. (quantum mechanics)
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No references found | Worse was still to come when he then lost in an epic Wimbledon Final, once more to Nadal and with it went his six years on top of the World rankings as the world''s number one player. com/groups/dailypost On top of the world at Faw CAPTION(S): Cymdeithas Moi Plas from Trawsfynydd visit to Cefn Caer, Pennal PIC: Cilmeri Sheep and Bluebells in a Spring field PIC: Cilmeri Surf's up at Rhosneigr as top competitors visit the Island PIC: pentreberwsjw My friend Jon celebrates the coming night PIC: jashergilbert Duck take to the air on a local pond PIC: Andy Goodby Ffestiniog Railway''s Lilla alongside two black fives on a rail tour PIC: Dave Thurlow Byline: BYRON YOUNG in Montreal LEWIS HAMILTON stood on top of the world as he won his first Grand Prix yesterday and pointed to the man who made it all possible - dad Anthony "I saw him in the crowd with a tear in his eye," said Lewis. |
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