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  • 1Overhead press — The press, overhead press or shoulder press is a weight training exercise in which a weight is pressed from the shoulders until it is locked out overhead. The lift is performed standing. Contents 1 Movement 2 Variations 3 See also 4 …

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  • 2Overhead lines — This article is about the transmission of electrical power to road and rail vehicles. For transmission of bulk electrical power to general consumers, see Electric power transmission. For powerlines mounted on pylons, see overhead power line.… …

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  • 3Anderton Boat Lift — The Anderton Boat Lift near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north west England provides a convert|50|ft|m|1 vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.Built in 1875, the boat lift was in… …

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  • 4ski lift — noun a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill • Syn: ↑ski tow, ↑lift • Derivationally related forms: ↑lift (for: ↑lift) • Hypernyms: ↑conveyance, ↑ …

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  • 5Press (overhead) — The press or overhead press is a weight training exercise which focus on the development of the shoulders. The lift is performed standing, by pressing the weight from the anterior deltoids overhead until the arms are extended. The press is… …

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  • 6Patient lift — A patient lift (sometimes hoist) is a mechanical device that is used in health care to transfer physically disabled patients. There are three basic types of patient lifts: mobile lifts, overhead lifts and sit to stand lifts. Today, overhead lifts …

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  • 7Vertical lift bridge — BridgeTypePix image title= type name=Vertical lift bridge|sibling names=Bascule bridge, swing bridge, folding bridge, retractable bridge descendent names=Submersible bridge, table bridge ancestor names=Truss bridge, carries=Automobile,… …

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  • 8Platter lift — A platter lift (or platter pull) is a surface lift, a mechanized system for pulling skiers and snowboarders uphill, along the surface of the slope. In Europe they are known as a button lift or Poma lift (after Poma corporation which first made… …

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  • 9chair lift — noun a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable • Syn: ↑chairlift • Hypernyms: ↑ski tow, ↑ski lift, ↑lift * * * noun : a power driven conveyor… …

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  • 10ski lift — ► NOUN ▪ a system used to transport skiers up a slope to the top of a run, typically consisting of moving seats attached to an overhead cable …

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