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accross: a national federation of trade unions formally constituted in 1886 after preliminary steps initiated in 1881
Category: Labour

across: distance between opposite flat surfaces formed on a mechanical part
Category: Transport

across: a) in wood, any direction in a plane approximating to a 90 degrees angle to the longitudinal wood elements; at exactly 90 degrees, the plane and direction are perpendicular to the grain; b) any cut, particularly in planing, that picks up the ends of the elements in 'against the grain' (contrary to the grain); otherwise it is 'with the grain'
Category: Various industries and crafts

across: the direction of grain on paper sheets cut with the long axis transverse to the length of the master roll
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

across: An across-the-board reduction is a reduction involving every single item concerned.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

across: a system of tile drains consisting of running the lines of the tiles across rather than down the slope
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

across: general and uniform, or applying to all classes, such as, for example, an -- reduction in taxes, or an -increase in wages.
Category: Language and literature

across-the: a system of tile drains consisting of running the lines of the tiles across rather than down the slope
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

backcross: a cross between a hybrid and either one of its parents
Category: Medicine

boss: that part of the steering control, usually at the centre, that: joins the steering control to the steering shaft; transmits the torque from the steering control to the steering shaft
Category: Transport

boss: a projecting or bulging,generally cylindrical,portion of a fixed machine part which constitutes a bearing
Category: Mechanical engineering

boss: thickened salient part,designed to give additional strength for the insertion or attachment of another part such as a bush
Category: Transport

boss: the central portion of an integral propeller
Category: Mechanical engineering

boss: the top rolls..of the drafting unit..are held in contact with the bottom rolls by weight applied on the roll neck between the two bosses.
Category: Various industries and crafts

boss: a political leader who dominates a highly disciplined state or local party organization that tends to monopolize power in its area.
Category: Law

bossings: Curved portion of ship`s shell plating that surrounds and supports propeller shaft,offering less resistance than an`A`bracket.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

cell-loss: a priority bit in the cell header; when set, it indicates that the cell can be discarded if necessary
Category: News-systems and communications

cross: a cruciform pipe fitting connecting four pipe ends,generally at right angles to one another
Category: Mechanical engineering

cross: the general appearance of the --, or --, has been described above.
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

cross-arm: a wooden cross-member
Category: Various industries and crafts

cross-assembler: a program run on one computer for the purpose of translating instructions for a different computer
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

cross-band: each of the layers of veneer whose grain direction is perpendicular to that of the face plies,with particular reference to five-ply plywood and lumber-core constructions
Category: Various industries and crafts

cross-beam: machine component joining the tops of the two uprights of a plano-milling machine
Category: Mechanical engineering

cross-border: postal service concerning mail whose destination is outside the national territory
Category: News-systems and communications

cross-border: swap between two parties in different countries
Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

cross-border: systems grouping border regions in different EC countries; aim to assist in labour mobility within the Community by providing information on job opportunities, living and working conditions, etc
Category: Labour

cross-border: letter mail sent from one postal administration to another through the international letter mail system
Category: News-systems and communications

cross-check: the checking of the result of a routine or calculation by obtaining the result by different methods and comparing.
Category: Mathematics

cross-collateralization: a reference to security involving various liens held in support of one or more advances made by a lender to a borrower
Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

cross-contamination: the transfer of harmful bacteria from one food to another
Category: Medicine

cross-country: a race in which competitors cover a set distance 5, 10,...or 50 kilometers. The terrain usually consists of one-third uphill, one-third downhill and one-third on the level.
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

cross-coupling: an unwanted coupling between two different communication channels or their component parts
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

cross-criteria: a record-search criterion specifying exactly the range,that is,the minimum and maximum values of the data to search for
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

cross-currency: technique that combines shift from a floating to a fixed rate of interest,together with a shift from liability in one currency to liability in another
Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

cross-cut: roadways cutting across the successive seams
Category: Mining

cross-cutting: of wood in general,cutting across the grain,so creating an end and exposing a cross-section
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

cross-cutting: sawing timber across the grain
Category: Building industry

cross-default: a clause in a loan agreement specifying that default on any other loans to the borrower shall be regarded as default on this one
Category: Management in the public and private sector

cross-dimension: the length and breadth of the rectangular cross-section of square-sawn or square-hewn timber
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

cross-dissolve: achived by combining the fade-out of one scene with the fade-in of another scene, over the same length of film.
Category: General

cross-drain: a shallow channel laid diagonally across the surface of a road so as to lead water,particularly storm water,off it
Category: Building industry

cross-fade: to fade in one channel while fading out another in order to substitute gradually the output of one for that of the other,e.g.to create the impression of a change of scene
Category: General

cross-grain: a general term for any grain deviating considerably from the direction of the longitudinal axis of a piece of timber and emerging at an angle from a face or edge
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

cross-grained: wood with a very irregular course of the grain
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

cross-linking: correction of parallel chains in a complex chemical molecule (as a polymer)
Category: Chemistry

cross-linking: the establishing of chemical links between the molecular chains in polymers.It can be accomplished by chemical reaction,vulcanization,and electron bombardment
Category: Chemistry

cross-platform: a facility whereby passengers can exchange from one line to another simply by crossing from one side of an island platform to the other
Category: Building industry

cross-pointer: indicating-type dial instrument that provides readings by means of a pointer in the shape of a cross
Category: Transport

cross-polar: component of the radiated field polarized perpendicularly to the wanted component
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

cross-pollination: the pollination of a biotype with pollen from one or more different biotypes
Category: Botany and zoology

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