Translation of shut (English-English)

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shut: Said of a well on which the valves are closed
Category: Management in the public and private sector

shut: the pressure instantaneously registered at the moment of closure of a bore
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

shut: a lid intended to be shut down over the hotplate
Category: Domestic economy

shut: the head generated by a centrifugal pump at closed valve,at a given speed of rotation and a given pumped liquid
Category: Physics

shut-in: Said of a well on which the valves are closed
Category: Management in the public and private sector

shut-pressure: the pressure instantaneously registered at the moment of closure of a bore
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

shutdown: the process of decreasing engine thrust to zero
Category: Mechanical engineering

shutter: a gate consisting of panel or leaf rotating about a horizontal axis used for control of water over crests. Size of shutter is limited by that which can be raised against a modest head of water by manual labour; usually applied to falling shutters
Category: Building industry

shutter: mechanical device that covers and protects
Category: Transport

shutter: a mechanical device that cuts off a beam of light by opening and closing at different rates of speed to expose film or plates
Category: General

shutter: a device comprising opaque strips,usually mounted so that each may be rotated through about 90 degrees on an axis.All strips rotate simultaneously so as alternately to exhibit or obscure a light
Category: Transport

shuttered: a fuze in which inadvertent initiation of the detonator will not initiate either the booster or the burst charge
Category: The chemical industry

shuttering: the temporary boarding or sheeting erected to contain concrete during placing and the first few days of hardening
Category: Building industry

shuttering: the flat panels,formed of cleated boards or other means,which are afterwards fixed together and supported to make up the completed framework
Category: Building industry

shuttle: a) in a Schiffli embroidery machine: a boat-shaped yarn package holder travelling in a slide a such a manner that it passes through the loop formed in the needle thread thus forming the back thread of the lock stitch. The shuttle-yarn package is a coreless cop and tension is applied by means of a spring over the thread hole; b) in a lace furnishing machine: a term used in Scotland to denote the carriage
Category: Various industries and crafts

shuttle: the orbiter,solid rocket boosters,and external tank of the STS:a reusable manned spacecraft whose mission is either to resupply a space station with additional crewmen,supplies and experiments or to carry men,supplies and experiments into orbit,support them for periods ranging from a few days to one month,and return them to earth
Category: Transport

shuttle: a public conveyance which travels back and forth over a particular route,especially a short route or one connecting two other transport systems
Category: Transport

shuttle: Conveyance which travels back and forth over a particular route,especially a short route or one connecting two other transport systems.
Category: General

shuttleless: (1)In some types of shuttleless-loom weaving, either one or, in some cases, both edges are different from the normal woven selvedge in that the weft is held in position at the turn by threads other than the warp threads, e.g. ,by the use of an independent thread to lock the weft in position at the edge, or by the interlocking of the weft threads. In narrow-fabric weaving, this type of edge is often called a needleloom selvedge; (2)In some shuttleless looms, the weft is severed near to the edge of the cloth, and the cut end is tucked into the shed formed on the next pick.
Category: Various industries and crafts

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