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  2. Aluminum building wiring - Wikipedia

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    The splice of the copper pigtail to the existing aluminum wire can be accomplished with special crimp connectors, special miniature lug-type connectors, or approved twist-on connectors (with special installation procedures). Pig-tailing generally saves time and money, and is possible as long as the wiring itself is not damaged.

  3. Pigtail - Wikipedia

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    A woman with long pigtails and braids.. In the context of hairstyles, the usage of the term pigtail (or twin tail or twintail) shows considerable variation.The term may refer to a single braid, but is more frequently used in the plural ("pigtails") to refer to twin braids on opposite sides of the head.

  4. Fiber cable termination - Wikipedia

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    A fiber pigtail is a single, short, usually tight-buffered, optical fiber that has an optical connector pre-installed on one end and a length of exposed fiber at the other end. The end of the pigtail is stripped and fusion spliced to a single fiber of a multi-fiber trunk. Splicing of pigtails to each fiber in the trunk "breaks out" the multi ...

  5. Rat-tail splice - Wikipedia

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    A simple rat-tail splice. A rat-tail splice, also known as a twist splice or a pig-tail splice, is a basic electrical splice that can be done with both solid and stranded wire.

  6. Spiral bridge - Wikipedia

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    A pigtail bridge on Iron Mountain Road. In the Black Hills of South Dakota, a particular form of spiral bridge, locally called a 'pigtail bridge', was introduced in 1932 by Cecil Clyde Gideon, the self-taught superintendent of Custer State Park turned highway designer. He called them “spiral-jumpoffs”.

  7. Pig tail - Wikipedia

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    Pigtail, tightly braided hair, usually in one or two braids Bunches , another hair style sometimes called pigtails Queue (hairstyle) , sometimes called “pigtails

  8. Pork tail - Wikipedia

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    Fried pig tail Cuts of pork including #14, pig tail, are pictured. Pig tail, also referred to as pigtail and pork tail, are the tails from a pig used as a food ingredient in many cuisines.

  9. Rivet - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of round head rivets, 1898 A typical technical drawing of a universal head solid rivet Riveters work on the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown (December 2014).. Rivet holes have been found in Egyptian spearheads dating back to the Naqada culture of between 4400 and 3000 B.C. Archeologists have also uncovered many Bronze Age swords and daggers with rivet holes where the handles would have been.