unloading unit
1unit train — a freight train of uniform consist that remains coupled, carrying a bulk commodity, as coal or wheat, to a specific destination and that after unloading returns to the point of origin ready for another load. [1960 65] * * * ▪ freight… …
2Presidential Unit Citation (United States) — Presidential Unit Citation Army and Air Force P.U.C …
3Motor unit plasticity — The motor unit consists of a voluntary alpha motoneuron and all of the collective muscle fibers that it controls, known as the effector muscle. The alpha motoneuron communicates with acetylcholine receptors on the motor end plate of the effector… …
4Firearms unit — A firearms unit is a specialised, armed unit within each territorial police force in the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.global defence.com/2003/police 03.htm Metropolitan Police Force s Firearms Unit ] ] For the most part, the police forces of the …
5Self unloading trailer — A belt trailer or self unloading belt trailer is a semi trailer that uses either a chain and flap assembly or a continuous belt that runs lengthwise on the bottom of the trailer. The belt is bolted to bars that in turn bolt to a chain that runs… …
6USS Yancey (AKA-93) — USS Yancey (AKA 93/LKA 93) was an attack cargo ship named after Yancey County, North Carolina. She served as a commissioned ship for 22 years and 6 months. Yancey (AKA 93) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1193) on 22… …
7Guadalcanal Campaign — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …
8solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
9Slip Sheet — Slip Sheets are thin pallet sized sheets made of plastic or fibreboard, used in commercial shipping.DescriptionThe slip sheet is used as a unit load support device in vehicle delivery and transportation of products. When slip sheets are supported …
10List of trucking industry terms in the United States — These are terms used within the U.S. trucking industry. Some of these terms may be used within other English speaking countries, or within the freight industry in general (air, rail, ship, and manufacturing). The terms are arranged by type, from… …
