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contain: to surround a fire and any spot fires therefrom with a control line that becomes the ultimate fire edge
Category: Management in the public and private sector

contain: to stop,hold,or surround the forces of the enemy or to cause the enemy to centre his activity on a given front and to prevent his withdrawing any part of his forces for use elsewhere
Category: Defense

contained: any operation in which micro-organisms are genetically modified or in which such genetically modified micro-organisms are cultured,stored,used,transported,destroyed or disposed of and for which physical barriers,or a combination of physical barriers together with chemical and/or biological barriers,are used to limit their contact with the general population and the environment
Category: Medicine

contained: the required environment that minimises microbial contamination to maintain an animal of defined health status, that is qualified pathogen free (QPF)
Category: Botany and zoology

container: generic term for a box to carry freight, strong enough for repeated use, usually stackable and fitted with devices for transfer between modes
Category: Transport

container: the winding is then installed in a container.
Category: Language and literature

containerization: Important new technique developed in the 1960s for carrying cargo in large sealed standard-sized boxes (containers).Containers are transported on or in specially designed trucks, railroad cars, and ships, with specialized handling equipment at each stage.(1)
Category: Transport

containing: a frame containing other frames
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

containing: the field generated by powerful magnets for preventing a plasma from reaching the wall of the vessel in which it is produced
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

containing: element within which a subelement occurs
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

containment: 1)The provision of an enclosure around the radioactive parts of a nuclear reactor, to contain any radioactivity released in case of accident; 2)In firefighting, the efforts and techniques to prevent the spread of the fire; 3)In oil spills, the positioning of booms to prevent the spread of oil; 4)Military: diplomatic and military effort to limit a conflict and prevent it from escalating into a war
Category: Management in the public and private sector

self-contain: said of some controls which have all that is necessary within themselves
Category: Mechanical engineering

self-contain: a complete refrigeration system,factory assembled,charged and tested,mounted on a frame or in a casing
Category: General

self-contain: heat protective garment which achieves its independence by using a heat sink or reservoir or any convenient power source or substance in which phase changes are associated with large latent heat changes,and used where work cannot be done safely or satisfactorily without its protection
Category: Medicine

self-contain: a receptacle which includes an enclosure and mounting means such that it can be mounted flush to a supporting surface without the use of a flush device,outlet box,raceway,or other enclosure
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

self-contain: air cooling coil and fan fitted in the same casing as the refrigeration compressor and condenser together with the necessary automatic controls
Category: Physics

self-contain: an electric drive which provides a separate motor for each machine driven
Category: Mechanical engineering

self-contain: system of air circulation which is complete in itself
Category: Transport

self-contain: an X-ray apparatus in which the high-voltage generator and the X-ray tube are in one container
Category: Medicine

self-contain: oxygen, compressed-air or fresh-air breathing apparatus making the wearer independent of the surrounding air for a limited time or within a limited distance
Category: Technical and industry in general

self-contained: said of some controls which have all that is necessary within themselves
Category: Mechanical engineering

tank-container: an article of transport equipment conforming to the definition of`container`(BTLJOC880322004)and built to contain liquid,gaseous,powdery or granular substances but having a capacity of more than 0,45 cubic metres
Category: Transport

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