continuous roll

  • 11roll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rolle, from Anglo French roule, rolle, from Medieval Latin rolla, alteration of rotula, from Latin, diminutive of rota wheel; akin to Old High German rad wheel, Welsh rhod, Sanskrit ratha wagon Date: 13th century …

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  • 12roll — I UK [rəʊl] / US [roʊl] verb Word forms roll : present tense I/you/we/they roll he/she/it rolls present participle rolling past tense rolled past participle rolled *** 1) a) [intransitive] to move forward while turning over and over The pencil… …

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  • 13Continuous casting — The macrostructure of continuously cast copper (99.95% pure), etched, ∅ ≈ 83 mm. Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a semifinished billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling… …

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  • 14roll — [[t]roʊl[/t]] v. i. 1) to move along a surface by turning over and over 2) to move or be moved on wheels 3) to flow or advance with an undulating motion, as waves 4) to extend in undulations, as land 5) to elapse, as time 6) to move as in a cycle …

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  • 15roll — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. drumming, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, toll; trill, chime, beat; reverberation, echoing, thunder; tattoo, rat a tat, rub a dub, pitter patter, dingdong, ticktock, charivari, quaver, peal of bells; …

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  • 16roll — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. move or go in some direction by turning over and over on an axis (the ball rolled under the table; a barrel started rolling). b tr. cause to do this (rolled the barrel into the cellar). 2 tr. make revolve between two surfaces …

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  • 17roll — verb 1》 move by turning over and over on an axis: the car rolled down into a ditch.     ↘turn over to face a different direction.     ↘(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) sway on an axis parallel to the direction of motion.     ↘N. Amer.… …

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  • 18roll*/*/*/ — [rəʊl] verb I 1) [I/T] to move forwards while turning over and over, or to make something do this The pencil went rolling across the floor.[/ex] Men were rolling tyres across the yard.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to move on wheels, or to move something that is …

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  • 19roll-collar — /roʊl ˈkɒlə/ (say rohl koluh) noun 1. a coat collar that rolls over in a continuous fold to the front fastening. 2. a loose collar on a woman s garment doubled over and fastening at the back. 3. a soft collar on a man s shirt which forms a roll… …

  • 20continuous-form — /keuhn tin yooh euhs fawrm /, adj. of or pertaining to paper, blank forms, checks, etc., supplied in a folded stack or roll to a device, as a computer printer, generally with perforations between sheets for later separation and often with… …

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