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static var compensator
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A thyristor-controlled (hence static) generator of reactive power, either lagging or leading, or both. The word var stands for volt ampere reactive, or reactive power. The ...
palaeospondylus
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A tiny fossil fish found only in rocks of Middle Devonian age within a small geographic region of Caithness, Scotland, and principally at one site, Achanaras Quarry, where it is ...
measured daywork
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A tool used primarily in manufacturing facilities as a control device to measure productive output in relation to labor input within a specific time period. The measurement of ...
lie group
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A topological group with only countably many connected components whose identity component is open and is an analytic group. An analytic group or connected Lie group is a ...
food manufacturing
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A total sequence of food operations, including the growth and selection of raw materials, harvesting, processing, preservation, and distribution. In general, the aim of all food ...
cooling tower
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A tower- or buildinglike device in which atmospheric air (the heat receiver) circulates in direct or indirect contact with warmer water (the heat source) and the water is thereby ...
rodenticide
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A toxic chemical that is used to kill pest rodents and sometimes other pest mammals, including moles, rabbits, and hares. Rodenticides are the least widely used of the pesticides, ...
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