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2. Overhead clothes airer - Wikipedia

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   Overhead clothes airers were often installed, from the late eighteenth century onwards, in the laundry room of large houses and estates in Europe. Originally made by the estate handyman, by the middle of the 19th century they almost always benefited from a rope and pulley system to raise and lower the rack, and such systems began to be ...

3. Rack unit - Wikipedia

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   Rack with sample component sizes including an A/V half-rack unit. A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (44.45 mm). [1] [2] It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames, whereby the height of the frame or equipment is expressed ...

4. Clothes dryer - Wikipedia

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   An American style clothes dryer with a rear control panel A European style clothes dryer with a front control panel. A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in the washing machine.

5. Photovoltaic mounting system - Wikipedia

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   As the relative costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules has dropped, [3] the costs of the racks have become more important and for small PV systems can be the most expensive material cost. [4] This has caused an interest in small users deploying a DIY approach. [5] Due to these trends, there has been an explosion of new racking trends.

6. Dish drying cabinet - Wikipedia

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   A dish draining cabinet in a Finnish home. A dish drying cabinet (Finnish astiankuivauskaappi) is a piece of kitchen shelving placed above the sink, with an open bottom and shelves made of steel wire or dowels to allow washed dishes set within to drip into the sink and air dry.

7. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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   Also ship's magazine. The ammunition storage area aboard a warship. magnetic bearing An absolute bearing using magnetic north. magnetic north The direction towards the North Magnetic Pole. Varies slowly over time. maiden voyage The first voyage of a ship in its intended role, i.e. excluding trial trips. Maierform bow A V-shaped bow introduced in the late 1920s which allowed a ship to maintain ...