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Flop (algebraic Geometry)
Flop or variations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Box-office flop or commercial flop, in the entertainment world Film and television * ''Flop'' (film), from Argentina * '' Flop Show'', an Indian TV sitcom * ''The Flop House'', a film podcast Music * Flop (band), a defunct 1990s era pop-punk group from Seattle, Washington, US * ''Flop!'', an industrial and synthpop album by the band And One * ''Flop'' (album), by Maurizio Pisciottu Science and technology * Flop (algebraic geometry), a birational transformation * Flop-transition, in the string theory of physics * FLOPS (floating point operations per second), in computing * Flopped image, a type of mirror image in photography, graphic design, and printing * Wheel flop, a consequence of some bicycle and motorcycle geometries Sports * Flop (basketball), an intentional fall to claim a foul * Diving (association football), intentional fall sometimes called flop in the US * Diving (ice hockey) * Flop shot, in golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box-office Flop
A box-office bomb is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical run. Although any film for which the combined production budget, marketing, and distribution costs exceed the revenue after release has technically "bombed", the term is more frequently used for major studio releases that were highly anticipated, extensively marketed, and expensive to produce, but nevertheless failed commercially. Originally, a "bomb" had the opposite meaning, referring instead to a successful film that "exploded" at the box office. The term continued to be used this way in the United Kingdom into the 1970s. Causes Negative word of mouth With the advent of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in the 2000s, word of mouth regarding new films is easily spread and has had a marked effect on box office performance. A film's ability or failure to attract positive or negative commentary can strongly impact its performance at the box office, espec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicycle And Motorcycle Geometry
Bicycle and motorcycle geometry is the collection of key measurements (lengths and angles) that define a particular bike configuration. Primary among these are wheelbase, steering axis angle, fork offset, and trail. These parameters have a major influence on how a Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics, bike handles. Wheelbase The wheelbase is the ''horizontal'' distance between the centers (or the ground contact points) of the front and rear wheels. Wheelbase is a function of rear frame length, steering axis angle, and fork offset. It is similar to the term wheelbase used for automobiles and trains. Wheelbase has a major influence on the Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics#Stability, longitudinal stability of a bike, along with the height of the center of mass of the combined bike and rider. Short bikes are much more suitable for performing wheelies and stoppies. Steering axis angle The steering axis angle is called ''caster angle'' when measured from vertical axis or ''head angle'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flophouse
A flophouse (American English) or doss-house (British English) is a place that has very low-cost lodging, providing space to sleep and minimal amenities. Characteristics Historically, flophouses, or British "doss-houses", have been used for overnight lodging by those who needed the lowest-cost alternative to staying with others, shelters, or sleeping outside. Generally, rooms are small, bathrooms are shared, and bedding is minimal, sometimes with mattresses or mats on the floor, or canvas sheets stretched between two horizontal beams creating a series of hammock-like beds. People who make use of these places have often been called transients and have been between homes. Quarters are typically very small, and may resemble office cubicles more than a regular room in a hotel or an apartment building. Some flophouses qualify as boarding houses, but only if they offer meals. American flophouses date at least to the 19th century, but the term '' flophouse'' itself is only attested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flop (poker)
The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal dictionary; precise usage details and multiple closely related senses are omitted here in favor of concise treatment of the basics. A ; ace in the hole : One of the hole cards is an ace ; ace-to-five, ace-to-six : Methods of evaluating low hands. See lowball. ; act : To make a play (check, bet, call, raise, or fold) at the required time, compare to '' in turn''. ; acting out of turn : A player in poker that either announces their actions or physically plays before their turn (checks, folds etc.). Sometimes players act out of turn intentionally to get a read out of other players. When done intentionally, this is often referred to as "angle shooting." See angle shooting. ; action : A player's turn to act; a willingness to g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosbury Flop
The Fosbury flop is a jumping style used in the track and field event of high jump. It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City brought it to the world's attention. The flop became the dominant style of the event; before Fosbury, most elite jumpers used the straddle technique, Western roll, Eastern cut-off, or scissors jump to clear the bar. Though the backwards flop technique had been known for years before Fosbury, landing surfaces had been sandpits or low piles of matting and high jumpers had to land on their feet or at least land carefully to prevent injury. With the advent of deep foam matting, high jumpers were able to be more adventurous in their landing styles and hence more experimental with jumping styles. Technique The approach (or run-up) in the Fosbury flop is characterized by (at least) the final four or five steps being run in a curve, allowing the athlete to lean in to the turn, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flop Shot
Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance in computing, useful in fields of scientific computations that require floating-point calculations. For such cases, it is a more accurate measure than measuring instructions per second. Floating-point arithmetic Floating-point arithmetic is needed for very large or very small real numbers, or computations that require a large dynamic range. Floating-point representation is similar to scientific notation, except computers use base two (with rare exceptions), rather than base ten. The encoding scheme stores the sign, the exponent (in base two for Cray and VAX, base two or ten for IEEE floating point formats, and base 16 for IBM Floating Point Architecture) and the significand (number after the radix point). While several similar formats are in use, the most common is ANSI/IEEE Std. 754-1985. This standard defines the format for 32-bit numbers called ''single precision'', as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving (ice Hockey)
Diving (also called embellishment, or flopping) is a term used in ice hockey to describe a player trying to get the attention of the referee by embellishing an infraction from an opposing player in an attempt to draw a penalty. Usually, when diving is called, a player from each team receives a penalty, one for diving and the other for the initial infraction, but this is not required. NHL In the National Hockey League (NHL), any player called for diving will receive a 2-minute minor penalty for the infraction. Players who dive, as well as the coaches of the diving players, may also be additionally fined or cited by the league as supplemental discipline for diving. # For coach incident totals, each citation issued to a player on his club counts toward his total. # All figures are in US dollars. # Fines only handed out after non-publicized warnings are given to the player/coach for their first offense. See also * Diving (association football) In association football, divin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving (association Football)
In association football, diving is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by falling to the ground and, often, feigning injury to give the impression that a foul (football), foul has been committed. Dives are often used to exaggerate the amount of contact made during a tackle (football move), challenge. Deciding whether a player has dived is often very subjective and among the most controversial areas of football discussion. Motivations for diving include receiving scoring opportunities via Direct free kick, free kicks or Penalty kick (association football), penalty kicks or gaining a team advantage by invoking a penalty card for the opposition. Diving may also be referred to as simulation (the term used by FIFA), Schwalbe (used in continental European countries; lit. German for "swallow"), staging (for free kicks) (Australia) and flopping (North American sports in general). Detection A 2009 study found that there are recognisable traits that can often be observed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flop (basketball)
In basketball, a flop is an intentional fall or stagger by a player, after little or no physical contact by an opponent, to induce an official to call a personal foul on the opponent. The move is sometimes called ''acting'', as in "acting as if he were fouled". Because it is inherently designed to deceive the official, flopping is considered unsportsmanlike, but it is widely practiced. The player who commits the act is called a ''flopper''. Flopping effectively is not easy to do, primarily because drawing contact sometimes results in the opposite effect—a foul called on the defensive player—for making excessive contact or not being in the correct position. Also, if no foul is called on either player, by falling to the floor, the flopper cannot provide further defense, making it easier for the offense to score. To consistently draw offensive fouls on opponents takes body control and practice. Penalties In the National Basketball Association (NBA), the penalty for flopping i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flopped Image
In photography and graphic arts a flopped image is a static or moving image that is generated by a reversal of an original image across a vertical axis, as in a conventional mirror image. This is opposed to a ''flipped image'', which means an image reversed across a horizontal axis. Flopping can be used to improve the subjective aesthetic appeal of the image in question. Use in advertising There are two main uses in advertising, one practical, and one subjective. On a practical level, images of cars are often flopped to ensure cars look appropriate for left-hand-drive or right-hand-drive markets. This allows the results of a single production shoot to be used across markets, allowing a cost saving. On a subjective level, the direction in which a person is looking or a car appears to be travelling may be regarded as important. When placing a picture on a page of text, it is usual for depictions of people to face into the text, rather than off the page; thus, when compositing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flop (film)
Flop or variations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Box-office flop or commercial flop, in the entertainment world Film and television * ''Flop'' (film), from Argentina * '' Flop Show'', an Indian TV sitcom * ''The Flop House'', a film podcast Music * Flop (band), a defunct 1990s era pop-punk group from Seattle, Washington, US * ''Flop!'', an industrial and synthpop album by the band And One * ''Flop'' (album), by Maurizio Pisciottu Science and technology * Flop (algebraic geometry), a birational transformation * Flop-transition, in the string theory of physics * FLOPS (floating point operations per second), in computing * Flopped image, a type of mirror image in photography, graphic design, and printing * Wheel flop, a consequence of some bicycle and motorcycle geometries Sports * Flop (basketball), an intentional fall to claim a foul * Diving (association football), intentional fall sometimes called flop in the US * Diving (ice hockey) * Flop shot, in golf * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FLOPS
Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance in computing, useful in fields of scientific computations that require floating-point calculations. For such cases, it is a more accurate measure than measuring instructions per second. Floating-point arithmetic Floating-point arithmetic is needed for very large or very small real numbers, or computations that require a large dynamic range. Floating-point representation is similar to scientific notation, except computers use base two (with rare exceptions), rather than base ten. The encoding scheme stores the sign, the exponent (in base two for Cray and VAX, base two or ten for IEEE floating point formats, and base 16 for IBM Floating Point Architecture) and the significand (number after the radix point). While several similar formats are in use, the most common is ANSI/IEEE Std. 754-1985. This standard defines the format for 32-bit numbers called ''single precision'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
