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Gear
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A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment.
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Gear, английский
Механизм; принадлежности, русский
Gear, английский
Шестерня, русский
, меньшее колесо сопряженной пары зубчатых колес.
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Dolphin, английский
- A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.
- A structure consisting of a number of piles driven into the seabed or riverbed as a marker.
- Пал (швартовый, свайный)
- Naturalists understand by this word numerous species of small cetaceous animals of the genus delphinus, found in nearly all seas. they greatly resemble porpoises, and are often called by this name by sailors; but they are distinguished by having a longer and more slender snout. the word is also generally, but less correctly, applied to a fish, the dorado (coryph?na hippuris), celebrated for the changing hues of its surface when dying. also, a small light ancient boat, which gave rise to pliny`s story of the boy going daily to school across the lucrine lake on a dolphin. also, in ordnance, especially brass guns, two handles nearly over the trunnions for lifting the guns by. also, a french gold coin (dauphine), formerly in great currency. also, a stout post on a quay-head, or in a beach, to make hawsers fast to. the name is also given to a spar or block of wood, with a ring-bolt at each end, through which a hawser can be rove, for vessels to
Satellite navigation, английский
- A form of position finding using radio transmissions from satellites with sophisticated on-board automatic equipment.
- Стелитарная, спутниковая навигация
- People have always looked to the heavens to find their way, and they still can. each of a constellation of man-made satellites emits signals indicating the precise time by atomic clock. a ground receiver has in its memory the orbit of every satellite and can calculate its own exact position by simultaneously reading the signals of four or more. see galileo and global positioning system.
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