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101Stopcock — Stop cock , n. 1. A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc …
102sluice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin, feminine of exclusus, past participle of excludere to exclude Date: 15th century 1. a. an artificial passage for water… …
103Hakim Rifle — The Hakim Rifle is a gas operated semi automatic rifle. It was originally designed by Sweden and produced as the AG 42 Ljungman for the Swedish Army. The tooling and design were later sold to Egypt, and the Hakim was produced there during the… …
104Chronic wound — A chronic wound is a wound that does not heal in an orderly set of stages and in a predictable amount of time the way most wounds do; wounds that do not heal within three months are often considered chronic.[1] Chronic wounds seem to be detained… …
105Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
106Gas throttling — is reduction of pressure in a gas flow forced through a throttle – local hydrodynamic resistance point (orifice choke, valve, tap, check), accompanied by temperature change. Gas throttling is used for liquefying and deep refrigeration of gases.… …
107Sluice — Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream,… …
108Sluice gate — Sluice Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill… …
109cock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century 1. a. the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) b. the male of birds other than the domestic chicken c. woodcock d. archaic… …
110Feedback — For other uses, see Feedback (disambiguation). Feedback describes the situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or occurrences of the same (i.e. same defined)… …
