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Entertainment
The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.
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ratchet
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A toothed steel bar or device that is usually placed on the lift hill or other hills on a roller coaster that prevents the train from rolling backwards when the ratchet dog ...
running rails
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A term used to describe the track or rails the train or car on a roller coaster rides on.
double out and back
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A term used to describe the layout on a roller coaster where the track heads away and returns to the station twice. See related terms: out and back, triple out and back
inversion
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A term used to describe any portion of a roller coaster track that turns the riders upside down.
heartline
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A term used to describe an inversion where the center of gravity is designed around the riders heart line. TOGO was the first company to design a heartline inversion on Viper at ...
vertical loop
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A term used to describe an inversion that is a 360-degree loop placed in a vertical position where riders are sent upside down once.
bowtie
Entertainment; Amusement parks
A term used to describe an inversion similar to a boomerang inversion, but in a bowtie inversion the train enters and leaves heading the same direction.
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