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Flare: (also 'block, push') a shot that is typically high and a push (to the right for a right-handed player)

Flare (Arm or Elbow): The action of your arm or elbow when it goes away from your body in the armswing or during the release; generally not desirable.

Flare (Track Flare): The migration of the ball track from the bowler's initial axis, the axis upon release, to the final axis, the axis at the moment of impact with the pins.

Epiphany: Epiphany is the Twelfth Day of Christmas and the end of the Christmas season. Comes from the Greek word referring to the baptism of Jesus and the arrival in Bethlehem of the Three Wise Men w . . . View Full Definition

Coated Lens: Lens with air-glass surfaces which have been coated with magnesium fluoride to reduce lens flare.

Brass Family: The principal orchestral instruments of the brass family, from highest to lowest, are: trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba. Other brass instruments commonly used in concert and marching . . . View Full Definition

Strontium (Sr): Atomic number: 38, Atomic mass: 87.62 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.0, Density: 2.6 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 769 °C, Boiling point: 1384 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.215 nm, Ionic radius . . . View Full Definition

Chicken Wing: When the forward elbow joint (left elbow for right-handed players) collapses (flexes) out away from the body at impact and beyond, giving an awkward wing-like appearance and creating a varie . . . View Full Definition

Differential: It is the difference between the lowest and highest RGs. You compute the high and subtract the low from that and you have the differential. There is no minimum for differential. What differe . . . View Full Definition

Magnesium (Mg): Atomic number: 12, Atomic mass: 24.305 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.2, Density: 1.74 g.cm -3 at 20 °C, Melting point: 650 °C, Boiling point: 1107 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.16 nm, Ionic rad . . . View Full Definition