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Agriculture

The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.

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proximity switch

Agriculture; Animal feed

Photoelectric switches that are triggered as a piece passes near them. Proximity switches are used to detect the presence or absence of material.

pump

Agriculture; Animal feed

A device which converts mechanical force and motion into hydraulic fluid power.

quality control

Agriculture; Animal feed

Any activity that helps to maximize the value of the raw material through all phases of the manufacturing process.

ram

Agriculture; Animal feed

A single-acting cylinder with a single diameter plunger rather than a piston and rod. The plunger in a ram-type cylinder.

ration

Agriculture; Animal feed

A 24-hour allotment of feed for an animal. A ration may be fed as a complete ration, or it may be made up of grazing plus a balancing supplement.

receiver

Agriculture; Animal feed

Head of a scanner that monitors the infrared signals transmitted by the transmitter head.

reciprocation

Agriculture; Animal feed

Back-and-forth straight line motion or oscillation.