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  2. Kronos Foods - Wikipedia

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    Kronos Foods, Inc., is a Chicago-based company which is a foodservice manufacturer of Mediterranean food in the United States and the largest manufacturer of gyros in the world. [1] [2] Kronos Foods is known for being one of the first to produce, standardize, and market gyro cones (an argument exists as to who exactly was the first to "invent ...

  3. List of radars - Wikipedia

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    AN/APN-108 improved AN/APN-89 Doppler radar set (with gyro components from AN/APN-81 for B-52E) AN/APN-110 Doppler navigational radar set for B-58 F-100D/F RF-101; AN/APN-113 Doppler radar for B-58 part of AN/ASQ-42; AN/APN-115 Navigational radar by General Electric; AN/APN-116 Doppler radar set; AN/APN-118 Doppler navigational radar set

  4. Atlantis in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The novel The Quantum Archangel suggests that the Daemons gave the Kronos crystal to the Atlanteans as a test, which they failed. In the DuckTales episode "Aqua Ducks", Scrooge, Launchpad, Gyro and Doofus go looking for Scrooge's fortune underwater and discover The Lost City of Atlantis. They bring it to the surface with an invention of a ...

  5. Gyros - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from the Greek γύρος ( gyros, 'circle' or 'turn'). It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7] In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes. [8]

  6. Kronos - Wikipedia

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    Kronos (Highlander), a fictional character. In the Doctor Who serial, The Time Monster, a creature from outside time that feeds on time itself. In the Star Trek universe, another spelling of Qo'noS, the Klingon home world. In Singularity, an artificial intelligence designed to rid the earth of the plague of humanity in order to save the planet.

  7. Kronos Incorporated - Wikipedia

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    Kronos Incorporated corporate headquarters in Lowell, MA. Kronos was founded in 1977 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Simon Business School alumnus Mark S. Ain. [4] Under Mark Ain's leadership, Kronos sustained one of the longest records of growth and profitability as a public company in software industry history. [5]

  8. Fibre-optic gyroscope - Wikipedia

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    A looped fibre-optic coil multiplies the effective area by the number of loops. A fibre-optic gyroscope ( FOG) senses changes in orientation using the Sagnac effect, thus performing the function of a mechanical gyroscope. However its principle of operation is instead based on the interference of light which has passed through a coil of optical ...

  9. Gyroscopic exercise tool - Wikipedia

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    The demonstrated speeds are, in part, very high and not recommended for normal exercise due to the high resulting forces. A Gyroscopic Exercise Tool is a specialized device used in physical therapy to improve wrist strength, promoting the development of palm, forearm, and finger muscles. It can also be used as a unique demonstration of some ...