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Aberration
noun · 78% connection
The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Chuck
verb · 78% connection
To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Crosstrees
n. pl. · 78% connection
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Deflection
noun · 78% connection
The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; devi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Dichroism
noun · 78% connection
The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Different
adjective · 78% connection
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Direction
noun · 78% connection
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals deter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Elevator
noun · 78% connection
A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Equipment
noun · 78% connection
Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outf…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Flat
noun · 78% connection
A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Halfpace
noun · 78% connection
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Hemoglobin
noun · 78% connection
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Large
superl. · 78% connection
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Lever
noun · 78% connection
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Link motion
unknown · 78% connection
A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Locomotive
noun · 78% connection
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Mandrel
noun · 78% connection
The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.
Martello tower
unknown · 78% connection
A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, revolving, platform, turning, railroad.