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floating sludge layer
(encz) | floating sludge layer,kalový strop [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
heaviside layer
(encz) | Heaviside layer, |
ozone layer
(encz) | ozone layer,ozonová vrstva [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
tissue layer
(encz) | tissue layer, n: |
Pipe layer
(gcide) | Pipelayer \Pipe"lay`er\, n., or Pipe layer \Pipe" lay`er\
1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water,
gas, etc.
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2. (Polit. Cant) A politician who works in secret; -- in this
sense, usually written as one word. [U.S.]
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Plate layer
(gcide) | Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or
earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See Place, n.]
1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a
thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
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2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
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Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton.
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3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
etc., wrought in gold or silver.
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4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
which is silver or gold throughout.
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5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is
eaten at table.
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6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver
money. [Obs.] "Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd
from his pocket." --Shak.
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7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the
engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a
fashion plate.
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8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for
printing from; as, publisher's plates.
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9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold,
platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
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10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon
corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends
of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof
plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in
simple work, the feet of the rafters.
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11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
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12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with
a coating that is sensitive to light.
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13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
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14. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
player on completing a run; -- called also home base,
or home plate.
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15. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
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16. A very light steel racing horsehoe.
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17. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in
horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not
making a stake.
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18. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
Cant]
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19. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the
body of which is of an inferior substance.
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20. a quantity sufficient to fill a plate; a plateful; a
dish containing that quantity; a plate of spaghetti.
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21. the food and service supplied to a customer at a
restaurant; as, the turkey dinner is $9 a plate; I'll
have a plate of spaghetti.
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22. a flat dish of glass or plastic with a fitted cover, used
for culturing microorganisms in a laboratory.
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23. the identification tag required to be displayed on the
outside of a vehicle; same as license plate; -- often
used in the plural.
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24. an agenda or schedule of tasks to be performed; I have a
lot on my plate today. [colloq.]
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Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in
combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases
of obvious signification; as, plate basket or
plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.
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Home plate. (Baseball) See Home base, under Home.
Plate armor.
(a) See Plate, n., 2.
(b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels,
fortifications, and the like.
Plate bone, the shoulder blade, or scapula.
Plate girder, a girder, the web of which is formed of a
single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates
riveted together.
Plate glass. See under Glass.
Plate iron, wrought iron plates.
Plate layer, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway
and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
Plate mark, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped
upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of
manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the
local mark for London is a lion.
Plate paper, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from
engraved plates. --Fairholt.
Plate press, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, --
used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
Plate printer, one who prints from engraved plates.
Plate printing, the act or process of printing from an
engraved plate or plates.
Plate tracery. (Arch.) See under Tracery.
Plate wheel (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are
connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by
arms or spokes.
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heaviside layer
(wn) | Heaviside layer
n 1: a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that
reflects radio waves of medium length [syn: {Heaviside
layer}, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region] |
kennelly-heaviside layer
(wn) | Kennelly-Heaviside layer
n 1: a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that
reflects radio waves of medium length [syn: {Heaviside
layer}, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region] |
ozone layer
(wn) | ozone layer
n 1: a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles)
that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block
most ultraviolet radiation from the sun [syn: {ozone
layer}, ozonosphere] |
tissue layer
(wn) | tissue layer
n 1: a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects
the organs or cells of animals or plants [syn: membrane,
tissue layer] |
remote reference layer
(foldoc) | Remote Reference Layer
RRL
(RRL) Part of Java's Remote Method Invocation
protocol. RRL exists in both the RMI client and server.
It is used by the stub or skeleton protocol layer and
uses the transport layer. RRL is reponsible for
transport-independent functioning of RMI, such as {connection
management} or unicast/multicast object invocation.
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