bulk storage
11Bulk tank — In dairy farming a bulk milk cooling tank is a large storage tank for cooling and holding milk at a cold temperature until it can be picked up by a milk hauler. The bulk milk cooling tank is an important piece of dairy farm equipment. It is… …
12Storage tank — A storage tank is a container, usually for holding liquids, sometimes for compressed gases (gas tank). The term can be used for both reservoirs (artificial lakes and ponds), and for manufactured containers. The usage of the word tank for… …
13storage — /stawr ij, stohr /, n. 1. the act of storing; state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage. 2. capacity or space for storing. 3. a place, as a room or building, for storing. 4. Computers. memory (def. 11). 5. the price charged… …
14bin storage — Storage of items of supplies and equipment in an individual compartment or subdivision of a storage unit in less than bulk quantities. See also bulk storage; storage …
15Bulk Filing — This check processing operation involving the high speed sorting and storage of checks by statement preparation cycle, rather than by account number. In other words, all checks that are used in the preparation of statements at a certain date are… …
16bulk plant or bulk terminal — Wholesale receiving and distributing facilities for petroleum products. Commonly includes railroad sidings, truck loading racks, and sometimes water and product pipeline receiving facilities; storage tanks for gasoline, kerosine, and heating… …
17bulk — 1) to pile split and salted cod during the curing process or, when dry, for storage (Newfoundland) 2) the quantity of herring nets shot at one time, about 50 yards …
18Frame grain storage — are metallic structures, mostly silos, also known as grain tanks or grain bins, for storing grain (see FRAME grain elevators) or fermented feed known as silage. FRAME Silos are more commonly used for bulk storage of wheat, rice, rape, sunflower,… …
19disk storage — /dɪsk ˈstɔrɪdʒ/ (say disk stawrij) noun a method of high speed bulk storage of computer programs and data, whereby they are stored on a rotating circular plate coated with a magnetic material, as iron oxide …
20Specific storage — (Ss), storativity (S), specific yield (Sy) and specific capacity are material physical properties that characterize the capacity of an aquifer to release groundwater from storage in response to a decline in hydraulic head. For that reason they… …
