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121textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 …
122Bicycle frame — Steel frame of 2000 LeMond Zurich road racing bicycle mounted in a work stand …
123Curitiba — For the plant genus, see Curitiba prismatica. Curitiba   Municipality   The Municipality of Curitiba …
124Gender of connectors and fasteners — A male threaded pipe, left, and female threaded elbow. In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The female connector is …
125Walk of Ideas — 40ft stack of books sculpture at the Berlin Walk of Ideas, commemorating the invention of modern book printing The Walk of Ideas was a set of six sculptures in central Berlin designed by Scholz Friends[1] for the 2006 …
126Steel plate shear wall — A steel plate shear wall (SPSW) consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column beam system. Overview When these infill plates occupy each level within a framed bay of a structure, they constitute an SPSW [Kharrazi, M.H.K., 2005, “Rational… …
127telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …
128petroleum refining — Introduction conversion of crude oil into useful products. History Distillation of kerosene and naphtha The refining of crude petroleum owes its origin to the successful drilling of the first oil well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859. Prior to… …
