For Gironda, pectorals should be a wide slab, not two discrete masses.
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Several continents are defined not as absolutely distinct bodies but as " " more or less " discrete masses of land ".
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:Couldn't you just take the other 3 quadrants, calculate the position of their COMs then treat the problem as 3 discrete masses?
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If the string is approximated with 100 discrete mass points one gets the 100 coupled second order differential equations ( ), ( ) and ( ) or equivalently 200 coupled first order differential equations.
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By convention, " continents are understood to be large, continuous, discrete masses of land, ideally separated by expanses of water . " Many of the seven most commonly recognized continents identified by convention are not discrete landmasses separated completely by water.
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Both monocoque and semi-monocoque are referred to as " stressed skin " structures as all or a portion of the external load ( i . e . from wings and empennage, and from discrete masses such as the engine ) is taken by the surface covering.