In common usage, a collection is any group of items that has one or more properties in common, usually brought together for some specific purpose. See Collecting and Collectibles. The term can also be used more specifically: In mathematics, collection is not precisely defined, but can refer to various objects. Most often it refers to a set, class, family, or multiset. Collection in equestrianism describes a way in which horses move and hold themselves. In museums and art galleries, the collection ...

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Collective can also refer to the collective pitch flight control in helicopters A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterised by attempts to share and exercise political and social power and to make decisions on a consensus-driven and egalitarian basis. Collectives differ from cooperatives in that they are not necessarily focused upon an econ ...

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The hobby of collecting consists of acquiring specific items based on a particular interest of the collector. These collections of things are often highly organized, carefully cataloged, and attractively displayed. Since collecting depends on the interests of the individual collector, it may deal with almost any subject. The depth and breadth of the collection may also vary. Some collectors choose to focus on a specific subtopic within their area of general interest, for example 19th Century postage stamps, milk bottle labels f ...

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In linguistics, collective number is a number referring to a set of things. Languages that have this feature can use it to get a phrase like 'flock of sheep' by using 'sheep' in collective number. Some languages have collectives but no grammatical plural. For example, Chinese, Japanese (except in a small number of cases), and Korean do not have plurals. However, groups of people can be referred to, either by context or pe ...

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Refers to the pitch (or angle) of blades of a helicopter to direct movement. There are three types of pitch: Cyclic pitch is the individual angling of the blades on each revolution of the rotor. This affects the roll of the craft, moving the nose upward or downward or rolling the craft from side to side. Collective pitch is the angling of all blades by an equal amount in unison. The pilot uses collective pitch control to rise vertically. Differential collective pitch affects the yaw of the

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The collecting duct system of the kidney consists of: The connecting tubule The cortical collecting duct The medullary collecting duct Other related archiveskidney, medullary collecting duct

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Wherever you decide to collect fossils you should always seek permission from the land owner or authorities first. Thoughtless or unreasonable behavior on the part of one collector may mean that access to a particular site in the future is refused to others. Irresponsible behavior while out collecting may also put yourself and others at risk. Hammering the rocks in national parks and other areas of natural beauty is often discouraged and in most cases is illegal, so please be considerate. In this way fossils w ...

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Do not hammer at rock outcrops aimlessly, and never leave rock fragments scattered over fields or roads. The irresponsible destruction of an outcrop in search of one or two fossils is not welcomed. Fossils should be collected sparingly, and preferably without the use of a hammer. Often the best fossils are those which have been weathered out of the rock over a long period of time. They may be visible on the surface of the rock, or among the loose scree at the foot of an outcrop. Searching for fossils on the ...

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A collection plate is often used near the end of some Protestant worship services to gather the gifts of the faithful for the support of the church and for charity. Members of other assemblies, including some Lutheran churches, do not use a collection plate, but simply make arrangements to support their church without the temptation of using the collection plate for a public show of piety. In the Roman Catholic Mass the collection plate is replaced by a basket which is passed among the faithful immediately following the Litu

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A collective belief is referred to when people speak of what 'we' believe when this is not simply elliptical for what 'we all' believe. Sociologist Émile Durkheim wrote of collective beliefs and proposed that they, like all 'social facts', 'inhered in' social groups as opposed to individual persons. Durkheim's discussion of collective belief, though suggestive, is relatively obscure. Philosopher Margaret Gilbert has offered a related account in terms of the joint commitment of a number of persons to accept a certain bel ...

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Collective goods (or social goods) are defined in economics as public goods that could be delivered as private goods, but are delivered instead by the government for various reasons (usually social policy) and financed from public funds like taxes. In a more broad definition, the term "collective good" describes the general good of all people in a given community. collective good (social good) - private good - common good - common-pool resource - club goo ...

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Coin collecting is the hobby of collecting coins. Coin collecting - History. While hoarding coins due to their value goes back to the beginning of coinage, collecting them as art pieces was a later development. Known as the "Hobby of Kings", modern coin collecting is generally believed to have begun in the fourteenth century with Petrarch. Notes of Roman emperors having coin collections are also known, but it remains somewhat unclear whether these coins were studied, considered curiosities or were merely ho ...

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The term collective rights refers to the rights of peoples to be protected from attacks on their group identity and group interests. The most important such collective right is often said to be the right of self-determination. In 1948 United Nations General Assembly 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights', which is a declaration endorsed by modern nation-states. With the exception of the 'right to self-determination', all rights specified were based on the individual such as non-discrimination, freedom of movement, privacy, mar ...

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Collecting fossils can be a very relaxing and often rewarding hobby. There are no special rules about where one may find fossils, and you can find fossils in many places where sedimentary rocks are exposed, such as clays, shales, limestones, and sandstones. Only certain sedimentary rocks will yield fossils, and they are often concentrated along particular bedding planes within the rocks. Collecting fossils - Finding fossils. Fossils are not to be found in areas of igneous rock (except in some beds between l ...

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Comic book collecting is the result of an interest in antiquity, and nostalgia, as is all collecting by its very nature. The comic book was brought into the pop culture arena by, most notably, Superman and Batman. Since the introduction of Superman there has been a surge in comic characters, books and companies entering into the industry. The industry is dominated by top competitors Marvel Comics (producers of Spider-Man, X-Men, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, The Avengers, and the Hulk) and DC Comics (producers of Superman, Gre ...

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The most common types of chess game collections are collected games of a single player (e.g. My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 by Alexander Alekhine), annotations of games from a single tournament, collections of chess games covering a certain period of time (e.g. Oxford Encyclopaedia of Chess Games. Vol.1 1485-1866 by Levy and O'Connell), opening move collections, or collections centered on tactical or strategic themes (e.g. games involving a fork as one of the decisive moves of the game). Chess Informant is a series which collects the best chess games for a ...

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Art Collective are groups of artists who collaborate or come together for combined productions or activities. More traditional art collectives tend to be smallish groups of two to eight artists who produce gallery shows and maintain a collective space, while some newer, more experimental kinds of groups include intentional networks, anonymous, connector, hidden or nest ...

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Cabinet collective responsibility is constitutional convention in the states that use the Westminster System. It means that members of the Cabinet must publicly support all governmental decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately agree with them. It is related to the fact that if a vote of no confidence is passed in parliament, the government is responsible collectively and thus the entire government resigns. The consequence will be that a new government will be formed, or parliament will dissolve and a general ele ...

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Collective Soul is an alternative rock or post-grunge band from Stockbridge, Georgia, USA. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, they enjoyed moderate popularity on alternative and mainstream rock radio, as they created hook-laden melodies on top of crunchy guitar riffs reminiscent of classic rock bands from the '70s and '80s. Lead singer Ed Roland cites Elton John, The Cars, The Beatles as the band's main influences. Collective Soul was one of the most successful bands among the mid-1990s rock scene. They had 19 different s ...

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