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  2. Hoist (device) - Wikipedia

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    Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.

  3. Rigging (material handling) - Wikipedia

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    A team of riggers design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as heavy machinery, structural components, building materials, or large-scale fixtures with a crane, hoist or block and tackle. Rigging comes from rig, to set up or prepare.

  4. Hoist - Wikipedia

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    Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable; Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine; Hoist (mining), another machine; Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole; Hoist, by Phish; USS Hoist (ARS-40), a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II

  5. Almaany - Wikipedia

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    It has Arabic to English translations and English to Arabic, as well as a significant quantity of technical terminology. It is useful to translators as its search results are given in context. [ 6 ] Almaany offers correspondent meanings for Arabic terms with semantically similar words and is widely used in Arabic language research. [ 7 ]

  6. Arabic language school - Wikipedia

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    Unlike general language schools that provide Arabic classes and certificates along with other live languages' classes as well, Arabic language schools are those that specialize in Arabic language instruction only, or mainly. Al Diwan Center is an example whose focus is on Arabic only.

  7. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic - Wikipedia

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    A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (originally published in German as Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart 'Arabic dictionary for the contemporary written language'), also published in English as The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, is a translation dictionary of modern written Arabic compiled by Hans Wehr. [1]

  8. Alison (company) - Wikipedia

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    ALISON is an Irish online education platform for higher education that provides certificate courses and accredited diploma courses. [5] [6] It was founded on 21 April 2007 in Galway, Ireland, by Irish social entrepreneur Mike Feerick. [7] As of July 2022, Alison has 4,000 courses, 25 million learners worldwide, and 4.5 million graduates. [2] [3]

  9. Glossary of Arabic toponyms - Wikipedia

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    PEF Survey of Western Palestine Key Map. The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms.A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century.