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The Romans employed cancelli to partition off portions of the courts of law. [5] Cant An angled (oblique) line or surface, especially one that cuts off a corner. Cantilever An unsupported overhang acting as a lever, like a flagpole sticking out of the side of a wall. Capital The topmost member of a column (or pilaster).
Cut off. Also see Reverser handle. A variable device on steam locomotives that closes the steam valve to the steam cylinder before the end of the piston stroke, thus conserving steam while letting steam in the cylinder expand under its own energy. Cutting A channel dug through a hillside to enable rail track to maintain a shallow gradient.
Adenectomy is the surgical removal of a gland.; Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids, also known as the pharyngeal tonsils.; Adrenalectomy is the removal of one or both adrenal glands.
Words with the middle part of the word left out are few. They may be further subdivided into two groups: (a) words with a final-clipped stem retaining the functional morpheme: maths (mathematics), specs (spectacles); (b) contractions due to a gradual process of elision under the influence of rhythm and context.
To cut off the wind from a sailing vessel, either by the proximity of land or by another vessel. becalmed Unable to move due to a lack of wind, said of a sailing vessel; resigned merely to drift with the current rather to move by controlled management of sails. becket A short piece of line usually spliced into a circle or with an eye on either end.
A type of cut from one shot to another where the composition of each shot is matched to the other by the action or subject matter depicted; e.g. in a scene depicting a duel, a long shot showing both of the duellists might cut to a close-up shot of one of the duellists in the midst of the action. Match cuts are precisely timed and coordinated so ...
Words are fundamental to human life but some words are making so much trouble for us, it's leading to division and the erosion of democracy. Opinion: There are some words we’d be better off ...
The time set by the editor or producer by which a reporter must submit a finished story; [2] the cut-off point for the completion of a story before it is published. [1] deck 1. An individual row or line of type in a headline, e.g. a three-deck headline is set in three lines of text. [1] 2.