147 Explained
147 may refer to:
- 147 (number), a natural number
- AD 147, a year of the Julian calendar, in the second century
- 147 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
- 147 AH, a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 764 - 765 CE
Military
- BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle, a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the US Marine Corps
- Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug was a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle during the 1960s
- was a United States Navy Admirable-class minesweeper during World War II
- was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II
- was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
- was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier-class transport ship during World War II
- was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer during World War II
- was a United States Navy Neosho-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy during the Six-Day War
Science and medicine
- 147 Protogeneia, a large main belt asteroid with a low eccentricity and low inclination
- NGC 147, a Dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia
- Promethium-147, an isotope of promethium with a half-life of 2.62 years
- JWH-147 is an analgesic drug used in scientific research, which acts as a cannabinoid agonist at both the CB1 and CB2 receptors
Snooker
- The maximum break, the highest possible break in snooker, in the absence of fouls and refereeing errors
- 147-Break is a 1983 documentary with Steve Davis, an English professional snooker player
- The Snooker 147 PlayStation 2 game
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