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| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A device designed to prevent leakage around a moving part that passes through a hole in a vessel or in a compartment containing water, steam, or oil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A rod seal consisting of a cylindrical box through the middle of which the rod passes. The rest of the space is filled with packing which is compressed by a gland or ring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GLAND BOX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | stempelstangspakdaase (stuffing box, stuffing-box), pakdåse (annulus seal, gland, packer, packing, stuffing box, valve gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pakkingsbus (stuffing box, stuffing-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tiivistysholkki (annulus seal, gland, packer, packing, stuffing box, valve gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | presse-garniture (gland, gland follower), presse-étoupe, calfat, boîte étanche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Stopfbuchse (stuffing box), Stopfbüchse (stuffing box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στυπιοθάλαμος (stuffing box), στυπιοθλίπτης (gland, stuffing box, stuffing-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | pressatreccia (follower, gland, gland follower, stuffing box), premitreccia (stuffing box), premistoppa-pressatrecce (stuffing box, stuffing-box), premistoppa (stuffing box), premibaderna (stuffing box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andglay oxbay caixa de empanque (annulus seal, gland, packer, packing, stuffing box, valve gland). (various references) prensaestopas (packer), caja prensaestopas (stuffing box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-l-n-o-x" | |
-2 letters: bandog. | |
-3 letters: along, bland, blond, bogan, dobla, donga, gland, goban, gonad, logan, nodal. | |
-4 letters: agon, axon, bald, band, bang, bola, bold, bond, bong, dago, dang, dona, dong, gaol, glad, glob, goad, goal, gold, land, lang, load, loan, long. | |
-5 letters: abo, ado, ago, alb, and, bad, bag, bal, ban, boa, bod, bog, box, dab, dag. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Bibliography |
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