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Henry Cort
Henry Cort 1740-1800, English inventor. He revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron, replacing the process of hammering, and through his invention of the puddling process. This process, called puddling, involved stirring the molten pig iron in a reverb... Read more
funny bone
funny bone highly sensitive area at the back of the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes close to the surface of the skin in a groove between end prominences of the humerus (the upper arm bone) and the ulna (the large forearm bone). A blow to the area causes the nerve to compress against bone, produc... Read more
kneecap
kneecap (patella), saucer-shaped bone at the front of the knee joint; it protects the ends of the femur, or thighbone, and the tibia, the large bone of the foreleg. The kneecap is embedded in the tendon tissue of the quadriceps femoris, a large thigh muscle. As the leg bends and straightens, the kn... Read more
record player
record player or phonograph, device for reproducing sound that has been recorded as a spiral, undulating groove on a disk. This disk is known as a phonograph record, or simply a record (see sound recording ). In using a record player, a record is placed on the player's motor-driven turntable, ... Read more
caecilian
caecilian , any of the legless, tailless tropical amphibians of the family Caecilidae. Most adult caecilians resemble earthworms superficially but have vertebrate characteristics such as jaws and teeth. They range in size from 7 in. to 4.5 ft (18 cm-140 cm); most are about 1 ft (30 cm) long. Their b... Read more
click beetle
click beetle common name for members of the widespread beetle family Elateridae. Also called elater beetle, the click beetle has a hinge across the front of the body that allows it to flex, and a spine-and-groove arrangement on the underside of the body that provides a snapping mechanism. When a ... Read more
mojarra
mojarra , common name for a member of the family Gerridae, small tropical food fishes. The many American species are found chiefly off the S Atlantic coast but also along the Pacific coast. Mojarras are rarely over a foot (30 cm) in length and are silvery in color. The fins can be retracted into spe... Read more
portcullis
portcullis , grating or framework of strong bars of wood or iron, sharp-pointed at their lower ends, sliding vertically in the grooved jambs of a fortified portal as a protection in case of assault. First used in Roman times against Hannibal, the portcullis reached its highest development in the 12t... Read more
Clovis culture
Clovis culture a group of Paleo-Indians (see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the ) known through artifacts first excavated in the early 1930s near Clovis, N.Mex. The artifacts, including chipped flint points known as Clovis points and a variety of additional stone tools, were found along wit... Read more
match
match small stick whose chemically coated tip bursts into flame when struck on a rough surface. Before the introduction of the match, fire was made by friction methods using the stick and the groove, the fire drill, or flint, tinder, and steel, or by employing a magnifying glass. Attempts in the 18... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Grooved"

Henry Cort
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...hammered the iron in a forge. He patented grooved rollers in 1783 which replaced most of...could be hammered and finished with the grooved rollers. He also devised a process whereby...iron was drawn out of the furnace through grooved rollers which shaped the puddled iron...
carpenter's stopper
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...both ends open. One side of the box is grooved to take the lay of the wire rope, the...wedge-shaped piece of metal similarly grooved. When using the stopper the wire is laid in the box against the grooved side and the top is closed. The wedge...
Machines, Simple
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...boat or the shore. A pulley is a simple machine consisting of a grooved wheel through which a rope runs. The pulley can be thought of as a kind of lever if one thinks of the grooved wheel as the fulcrum of the lever. Then the effort force is the...
pulley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...wheel over which a rope, belt, chain, or cable runs. A grooved pulley wheel like that used for ropes is called a sheave...one on a common axle. The pulleys have their circumferences grooved and spiked so that a chain will run in them without slipping...
Mugwort
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...numerous lance-shaped, pointed segments, which may be toothed or entire. They are arranged alternately along the erect, grooved stem and are a dark green on top and pale green with downy hairs on the underside. Mugwort has a pungent aroma when the leaves...
Red Clover
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...about 2 ft (61 cm) high from a short, woody rootstock. The leaves are palmate and arranged alternately along the round, grooved, and hairy stem. They are divided into three oblong or oval leaflets, a characteristic that has given the genus its name...
small arms
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...designed to be held and fired with one hand. Evolution of the Rifle The rifle, invented in the 15th cent., is a firearm with a grooved, or rifled, bore that imparts a spinning motion to the bullet, giving it greater accuracy. (The principle of rifling the...
portcullis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...portcullis , grating or framework of strong bars of wood or iron, sharp-pointed at their lower ends, sliding vertically in the grooved jambs of a fortified portal as a protection in case of assault. First used in Roman times against Hannibal, the portcullis...
gila monster
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...feeds on young birds and mammals and on eggs. Because the neurotoxic venom is produced by glands in the lower jaw and the grooved teeth through which it passes are set far back in the mouth, venom does not always enter the wound when a victim is bitten...
brain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...by far the largest sector of the brain. Split vertically into left and right hemispheres, it appears deeply fissured and grooved. Its upper surface, the cerebral cortex, contains most of the master controls of the body. In the cortex ultimate analysis...

Dictionary entries related to "Grooved"

grooved terrain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy grooved terrain Terrain on a planetary surface that consists of belts of near...used to describe the grooves on Phobos. Since then it has been applied to grooved areas on Ganymede and on other satellites and asteroids. These terrains...
Grooved Terrain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Grooved Terrain See MARTIAN TERRAIN UNITS .
groove
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...v. 1. [ tr. ] make a groove or grooves in: deep lines grooved her face. 2. [ intr. ] inf. dance or listen to popular...score (a goal) with stylish ease: the San Diego kicker grooved the winning field goal. PHRASES: in (or into ) the groove...
Poverty Point
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of prehistoric Archaic culture in the southeastern United States. In addition to typical Archaic stone projectile points, grooved stone axes, adzes, celts, tubular pipes, and steatite and sandstone vessels, the site also contains some of the most impressive...
pulley
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xB7;ley / ˈpoŏlē / • n. ( pl. -leys ) (also pulley wheel ) a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes. It acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used (typically...
Monotremata
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...left aortic arch as in other mammals. The larynx is developed, and monotremes make sounds. The tarsus of the male has a grooved erectile spine to which (in the platypus) poison is fed from a gland in the thigh. The poison (said to be capable of killing...
Nuculoida
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...aragonitic shells. They are isomyarian , the ligament generally amphidetic , and the gills are protobranchiate . The foot is grooved. Adults lack a byssus . Nuculoids are small, infaunal , labial-palp feeders, which first appeared in the Ordovician .
Elapidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...taipans , mambas , coral snakes ; order Squamata , suborder Serpentes ) A family of venomous snakes which have short, firm, grooved fangs at the front of the mouth. The venom is mainly neurotoxic (i.e. a nerve poison). Generally these are elongate...
Balaenopteridae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...family that includes the fin, humpback, and blue whales. The body is streamlined, the snout pointed, the throat and chest grooved. The dorsal fin is hooked and set far back on the body. The tail is slightly notched at the mid-line, and scalloped along...
Phoenix
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...the leaves as 1 big, caducous spathe . The flowers are single, with 3 carpels . The fruits are fleshy, the seed hard and grooved. Several are widely cultivated. P. dactylifera is the date palm. There are 17 species, found from the Canary Islands and...

Thesaurus entries related to "Grooved"

grooved
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus grooved • adjective  panels of grooved plastic synonyms : furrowed, fluted, corrugated, ribbed, ridged.
fluted
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus fluted • adjective  a roof supported by fluted columns synonyms : grooved, channeled, furrowed, ribbed, corrugated, ridged. antonyms: smooth, plain.
corrugated
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus corrugated • adjective  panels of corrugated fiberglass synonyms : ridged, fluted, grooved, furrowed, crinkled, crinkly, puckered, creased, wrinkled, wrinkly, crumpled; technical striated.

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Grooved feed single screw extruders - improving productivity and reducing viscous heating effects.
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...is grooving its surface in the axial direction. Today, extruders with a grooved feed section are called grooved feed extruders. Typically, the length of the grooved portion in a single screw extruder is only between 3D and 3.5D to avoid...
Understanding Grooved feed.
Magazine article from: Plastics Technology; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...it comes to getting the most out of grooved-feed extruders. But decades of...experience offer lessons on how to use grooved feeds to run even resins like TPU, nylon, and PET. With many polymers, grooved-feed extruders produce 20-40...
Hanging/supporting grooved piping systems.(TechTopic)
Magazine article from: Reeves Journal; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Grooved piping systems can be supported very similarly to welded...selection and application of hangers and supports used on a grooved piping system. Some of the "perceived" grooved product problems found on projects are related to the hanging...
Grooved pipe connections find expanded applications.
Magazine article from: Plant Engineering; 5/11/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...over the last several years. As a result, grooved-end piping systems are available that may...Ease of maintenance after installation. Grooved-end mechanical piping couplings and grooved pipe are a way of overcoming these restraints...
Pressure Distributions along Vertical Hydrodynamic Herringbone-Grooved Journal Bearings
Magazine article from: Tribology Transactions; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...along vertical hydrodynamic herringbone-grooved journal bearings were experimentally and...shafts) with different herringbone-grooved patterns and radial gaps were tested...performed for these four herringbone-grooved journal bearings using commercially available...
Grinnell grooved pipe is effective, efficient and safe.(MANUFACTURER SPOTLIGHT 2007)
Magazine article from: PM Engineer; 1/1/2007; 700+ words ; ...and chilled water to full HVAC systems, grooved pipe is one of the fastest and safest...piping. Utilizing onsite grooving tools, grooved piping is also one of the most flexible...of the fastest growing manufacturers of grooved piping products. Grinnell's grooved...
Grinnell grooved--effective, efficient and safe.(2007 Case History)
Magazine article from: PM Engineer; 8/1/2007; 700+ words ; ...water to full HVAC systems, the Grinnell grooved joining method is one of the fastest and...Products, through its Grinnell brand of grooved products, is one of the fastest growing manufacturers of grooved products in the mechanical piping market...
'Universal' grooved-feed extruder achieves higher throughput.
Magazine article from: Plastics Technology; 2/1/1991; ; 700+ words ; |Universal' Grooved-Feed Extruder Achieves Higher Throughput New data illustrate that grooved-feed sections can achieve high throughput...J., on its relatively new all-purpose grooved-feed extruder with a "universal" decompression...
Re-grooved tyre use: RM300 fine
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/24/2009; ; 464 words ; ...New Straits Times 07-24-2009 Re-grooved tyre use: RM300 fine Byline: Dharshini...SEREMBAN: Car owners found using re-grooved tyres from Nov 1 onwards will be slapped...brochures on the dangers of using re-grooved tyres at strategic locations, including...
Maeshowe and the winter solstice: ceremonial aspects of the Orkney Grooved Ware culture.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...distinctive flat-based pottery known as Grooved Ware came into use, the Orkney islands...recognized 40 years ago when the only important Grooved Ware sites known in the north were the...already clear that in the British Isles Grooved Ware is concentrated in two widely separated...