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A rope used as a punitive device. For more information see Teazer and Togey.
ArchitecturalBusiness & FinancePower PlantThe amount by which something has changed length, measured as a percentage of its original length. The amount of elongation or compression that occurs in a metal at a given stress or load. Generally in terms of inches elongation per inch of material. Strain semiconductors, strained either by external forces or due to lattice mismatched epitaxial growth, have modified band struc-tures, especially the band gap and effective masses.
HealthHealthcareMedicalMedicinePhysiologyIs achieved by turning a nose wheel or tail wheel/rudder; the pilot controls the direction travelled with their feet. Larger jet aircraft have a tiller wheel on the left side of the cockpit that acts as a steering wheel allowing the nosewheel to be turned hydraulically.
AircraftAirwayAutoAviationTechnologyTo lower sail or ensign as a mark of respect. To haul down an ensign as token of surrender.To 'strike soundings' is to pick up soundings with the lead, or sounding machine. To lower an upper mast.
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