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  • 71rule (something) with a rod of iron — rule (sb/sth) with a rod of ˈiron idiom to control a person or a group of people very severely Main entry: ↑ruleidiom …

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  • 72cruise control — A feature that keeps your vehicle moving at a set speed. Old cruise controls were mere throttle control units which kept the engine speed the same. When the vehicle approached a hill, the vehicle slowed down noticeable going up and speeded up… …

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  • 73mixture control solenoid — (M/C) [1] A device, installed in carburetor, which regulates the air/fuel ratio by oscillating the metering rods. [2] A computer controlled device in a feedback carburetor that alters the mixture adjustment by moving the carburetor s metering rod …

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  • 74CRSA — Control Rod Scram Accumulator ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …

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  • 76Annihilus — Annihilus. Art by Gabriele Dell Otto. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First ap …

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  • 77SL-1 — The SL 1, or Stationary Low Power Reactor Number One, was a United States Army experimental nuclear power reactor which underwent a steam explosion and meltdown in January 1961, killing its three operators. The direct cause was the improper… …

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  • 78Boiling water reactor — A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor developed by the General Electric in the mid 1950s.Fact|date=April 2008 The BWR is characterized by two phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. See… …

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  • 79Chernobyl disaster — This article is about the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Ukraine. For other uses, see Chernobyl (disambiguation). Chernobyl disaster …

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  • 80Scram — This article is about nuclear reactors. For other meanings, see Scram (disambiguation). A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor though the term has been extended to cover shutdowns of other complex operations, such as… …

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