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  2. Mild hybrid - Wikipedia

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    Mild hybrids (MHEV) (also known as smart hybrids, power-assist hybrids, battery-assisted hybrid vehicles or BAHVs) are generally cars with an internal combustion engine (ICE) equipped with a minimally extended battery and an auxiliary electric combined motor and generator in a parallel hybrid configuration that is only enough for an electric-only mode of propulsion at slow speed and allows the ...

  3. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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    A knot used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object. Trilene knot: A multi-purpose fishing knot that can be used for attaching monofilament line to hooks, swivels and lures. Trucker's hitch: A compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks or trailers. Tugboat hitch (Lighterman's hitch)

  4. Timber hitch - Wikipedia

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    The timber hitch is a knot used to attach a single length of rope to a cylindrical object. Secure while tension is maintained, it is easily untied even after heavy loading. [1] [2] [3] The timber hitch is a very old knot. It is first known to have been mentioned in a nautical source c. 1625 [4] and illustrated in 1762. [1]

  5. Lashing (ropework) - Wikipedia

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    The round lashing is most frequently used to join two poles together to extend their length. Typically, two lashings are used a reasonable distance apart for extra strength. In the simple version, a clove hitch is tied around both poles and there are no frapping turns. [3]

  6. Single-wire earth return - Wikipedia

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    Single-wire earth return (SWER) or single-wire ground return is a single-wire transmission line which supplies single-phase electric power from an electrical grid to remote areas at lowest cost. The earth (or sometimes a body of water) is used as the return path for the current, to avoid the need for a second wire (or neutral wire ) to act as a ...

  7. Single-wire transmission line - Wikipedia

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    A single-wire transmission line (or single wire method) is a method of transmitting electrical power or signals using only a single electrical conductor. This is in contrast to the usual use of a pair of wires providing a complete circuit, or an electrical cable likewise containing (at least) two conductors for that purpose.

  8. Single-camera setup - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing a single-camera setup. In filmmaking, television production and video production, the single-camera setup or single-camera mode of production (also known as portable single crew, portable single camera or single-cam) is a method in which all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera.

  9. Eight-bar linkage - Wikipedia

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    Separating these overlapping joints provides three additional joints so there are 10 single degree-of-freedom joints. The Jansen linkage is of type (5, 2, 1, 0), because the upper triangular link supports four joints, two of which overlap at the ground joint, the lower triangular link and the input crank connect three joints and are ternary links.