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  • 51Turbocharger — A turbocharger, or turbo, is an air compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power. However, a… …

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  • 529 (number) — This article is about the number. For other uses, see 9 (disambiguation). 9 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 → List of numbers Integers …

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  • 53Beat (music) — For other uses, see Beat (disambiguation). A Taiwanese taiko drummer The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level[1] (or beat level).[2 …

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  • 54Slant (handwriting) — Slant is the predominant angle of the downward stroke in Western handwriting. A good basis for its estimation is the point of the handwritten curve where the velocity has its peak value in thedownward stroke. The polar distribution of the running …

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  • 55chopping — chop·ping || tʃɒpɪŋ adj. cutting n. piece of meat that has been chopped off containing a bone (particularly rib); chopping action or stroke; ball that is hit to roll on the ground but bounces high in the air (Sports); short downward stroke… …

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  • 56choppings — chop·ping || tʃɒpɪŋ adj. cutting n. piece of meat that has been chopped off containing a bone (particularly rib); chopping action or stroke; ball that is hit to roll on the ground but bounces high in the air (Sports); short downward stroke… …

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  • 57downstroke — down•stroke [[t]ˈdaʊnˌstroʊk[/t]] n. mac a downward stroke, as of a piston …

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  • 58jump shot — noun (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump • Syn: ↑jumper • Topics: ↑basketball, ↑basketball game, ↑hoops • Hypernyms: ↑basketball shot …

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  • 59down-bow — n. (Music) a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow, in bowing a stringed instrument. Contrasted with {up bow}, when the bow is moved in the opposite direction. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …

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  • 60fuel injection — Injection In*jec tion, n. [L. injectio : cf. F. injection.] 1. The act of injecting or throwing in; applied particularly to the forcible insertion of a liquid or gas, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is injected;… …

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