continuous apparatus

  • 1Continuous availability — is an approach to computer system and application design that protects users against downtime, whatever the cause and ensures that users remain connected to their documents, data files and business applications. Continuous availability describes… …

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  • 2Continuous distillation — Image 1: Typical industrial distillation towers Image 2: A crude oil vacuum distillation column as used in oil refineries …

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  • 3Continuous brake — Brake Brake (br[=a]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that… …

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  • 4Golgi apparatus — This article is about the organelle. For the Phish song, see Junta (album). Micrograph of Golgi apparatus, visible as a stack of semicircular black rings near the bottom. Numerous circular vesicles can be seen in proximity to the organelle …

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  • 5Self-contained breathing apparatus — SCBA redirects here. For other uses, see SCBA (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the very similar Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Toronto firefighter wearing an SCBA A self contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, sometimes… …

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  • 6Dean-Stark apparatus — For the video game character, see Wild Arms 5 A Dean Stark apparatus in use; aluminum foil is used to reduce radiative heat losses The Dean Stark apparatus or Dean Stark receiver or distilling trap is a piece of laboratory glassware used in… …

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  • 7Ramsey Car Transfer Apparatus — In railroad industry, the Ramsey Car Transfer Apparatus (Ramsey Transfer) was a proposed device to replace bogies on railroad cars to permit transfer of a train between railroad lines with different gauge.The Ramsey Transfer existed in a number… …

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  • 8vacuum sealing apparatus — A component in continuous zinc vapor deposition lines through which steel strips enter the deposition chamber and which prevents a build up of pressure within the chamber …

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  • 9Fractional distillation — is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions, such as in separating chemical compounds by their boiling point by heating them to a temperature at which several fractions of the compound will evaporate. It is a special… …

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  • 10drainage — Continuous withdrawal of fluids from a wound or other cavity. capillary d. d. by means of a wick of gauze or other material. closed d. d. of a body cavity via a water or air tight system. Cf.:sump drain. dependent d. d. from the lowest part and… …

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