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• Well kill — A well kill refers to the operation of placing a column of heavy fluid into a well bore in order to prevent the flow of reservoir fluids without the need for pressure control equipment at the surface. It works on the principle that the weight of… …   Wikipedia

• Well-quasi-ordering — In mathematics, specifically order theory, a well quasi ordering or wqo is a well founded quasi ordering with an additional restriction on sequences that there is no infinite sequence x i with x i ot le x j for all i < j . Motivation We can use… …   Wikipedia

• Well smack — Sectional drawing of well smack[1] A well smack is a type of traditional fishing boat that has a well amidships. The well was filled with circulated external water, which kept fish alive until delivered to land and sold. It was a modified form of …   Wikipedia

• Law of placing — The law of placing is a Mormon fundamentalist practice associated with plural marriage. Under the practice, a young woman of marriageable age is assigned a husband by revelation from God to the leader of the fundamentalist group, who is regarded… …   Wikipedia

• Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well) — The ruins at Jubb Yussef (“Joseph’s Well” in English, جُبّ يُوسِف in Arabic, גוב יוסף in Hebrew [http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%91 %D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3] ) in the Galilee are identified with the pit in Dothan, into which the… …   Wikipedia

• Quantum well infrared photodetector — A quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP), is an infrared photodetector made from semiconductor materials which contain one or more quantum wells. These can be integrated together with electronics and optics to make infrared cameras for… …   Wikipedia

• Tiffany Chin — Personal information Full name Tiffany Chin Country represented  United States Born October 3, 1967 …   Wikipedia

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• Semyon Furman — Semyon Abramovich Furman (December 1 1920 – March 17 1978) was a Soviet chess International Grandmaster and trainer. He is best known for developing Anatoly Karpov into a World Chess Champion, but was a formidable player himself, as well as a… …   Wikipedia