Rod Slavic religion Wikipedia ~ Rod is an indirect Slavic successor of the IndoEuropean god Dyeus who was Lord of Gods Lord of Heaven King of Gods First haircut postriziny was dedicated to him where he and rozhanitsy were given a meal and cut hair His cult lost its importance and in the ninth or tenth century he was replaced by Perun Svarog andor Svetevid

Counting rods Wikipedia ~ Counting rods represent digits by the number of rods and the perpendicular rod represents five To avoid confusion vertical and horizontal forms are alternately used Generally vertical rod numbers are used for the position for the units hundreds ten thousands etc while horizontal rod numbers are used for the tens thousands hundred thousands etc

Rod of Asclepius Wikipedia ~ In Greek mythology the Rod of Asclepius Greek Ράβδος του Ασκληπιού Rábdos tou Asklipioú sometimes also spelled Asklepios or Asclepius also known as the Staff of Aesculapius and as the asklepian is a serpententwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius a deity associated with healing and symbol has continued to be used in modern times where it is

Solidstate laser Wikipedia ~ A solidstate laser is a laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid rather than a liquid as in dye lasers or a gas as in gas lasers Semiconductor based lasers are also in the solid state but are generally considered as a separate class from solidstate lasers see Laser diode 1 Solidstate media 4 Current applications and developments

Cerium Wikipedia ~ Cerium is a chemical element with the symbol Ce and atomic number 58 Cerium is a soft ductile and silverywhite metal that tarnishes when exposed to air and it is soft enough to be cut with a knife Cerium is the second element in the lanthanide series and while it often shows the 3 oxidation state characteristic of the series it also exceptionally has a stable 4 state that does not

National Hot Rod Association Wikipedia ~ The National Hot Rod Association NHRA is a drag racing governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and over 40000 drivers in its rosters the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsports sanctioning body in the world The association was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in California to provide a governing body to organize and promote

Ruby laser Wikipedia ~ A ruby laser most often consists of a ruby rod that must be pumped with very high energy usually from a flashtube to achieve a population rod is often placed between two mirrors forming an optical cavity which oscillate the light produced by the rubys fluorescence causing stimulated is one of the few solid state lasers that produce light in the visible range

Yttrium aluminium garnet Wikipedia ~ Yttrium aluminium garnet YAG Y 3 Al 5 O 12 is a synthetic crystalline material of the garnet group It is a cubic yttrium aluminium oxide phase with other examples being YAlO 3 YAP in a hexagonal or an orthorhombic perovskitelike form and the monoclinic Y 4 Al 2 O 9 YAM YAG like garnet and sapphire has no uses as a laser medium when after being doped with an

Spent nuclear fuel Wikipedia ~ Spent nuclear fuel occasionally called used nuclear fuel is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor usually at a nuclear power plantIt is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction in an ordinary thermal reactor and depending on its point along the nuclear fuel cycle it may have considerably different isotopic constituents

Diocletianic Persecution Wikipedia ~ The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire In 303 the Emperors Diocletian Maximian Galerius and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians legal rights and demanding that they comply with traditional religious practices