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Definition: EXPANSION COUPLING |
EXPANSION COUPLING1. (Mech. & Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as: (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion. |
Crosswords: EXPANSION COUPLING |
| English words defined with "EXPANSION COUPLING": Expansion joint. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "EXPANSION COUPLING": assembler-crimper ♦ EXPANSION-JOINT BUILDER, expansion-joint finisher ♦ HOSE-COUPLING JOINER. (references) |
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-p-p-s-u-x" | |
-5 letters: oppugnancies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 58 50 41 4E 53 49 4F 4E 43 4F 55 50 4C 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01011000 01010000 01000001 01001110 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010101 01010000 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E X P A N S I O N   C O U P L I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0058 0050 0041 004E 0053 0049 004F 004E 0043 004F 0055 0050 004C 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39585035485343494823749555046434841 |
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