striking device
1Striking clock — The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, commonly referred to as Big Ben, is a famous striking clock. A striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell or gong. In 12 hour striking, used most commonly in striking… …
2Optical variable device — An optical variable device or optically variable device (OVD) is an iridescent image that exhibits various optical effects such as movement or color changes.[1] OVDs cannot be photocopied or scanned, nor can they be accurately replicated or… …
3pyrotechnic device — firework fire work (f[imac]r w[^u]rk ), n. 1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic… …
4Trigger (firearms) — For other uses, see Trigger (disambiguation). Trigger mechanism in a bolt action rifle. A trigger is a mechanism that actuates the firing sequence of a firearm. Triggers almost universally consist of levers or buttons actuated by the index finger …
5Ngoc Lu drum — The Ngọc Lũ drum is regarded as one of the most important and prominent artifacts of the Dong Son culture of the Bronze Age, a civilisation that flourished in around the 2nd to 3rd century BCE in the Red River Delta of Vietnam. The high level of… …
6hammerless — [ham′ərlis] adj. having the hammer or other striking device enclosed: used esp. of rifles, shotguns, and pistols …
7striker — [strī′kər] n. 1. a person who strikes; specif., a) a worker who is on strike b) an assistant who wields the heavy sledgehammer for a blacksmith 2. a thing that strikes, as the clapper in a bell, the striking device in a clock, etc. 3. ☆ a) U.S.… …
8Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
