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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...
bullseye
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea bullseye. 1. A circular piece of lignum vitae , hollowed in the centre to take a rope and grooved round the outside to accommodate a strop which enables it to be fixed in position where required. Its main purpose is to change...
Snakes
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...anacondas, for example, have been known to grow to more than 11 meters (37 feet) in length. Snakes in the Elapidae family have grooved or hollow fangs in the front of the mouth. The bases of the fangs are connected to the venom gland. Venom is injected when...
Eucommia Bark
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Eucommia bark Description Eucommmia bark is the gray, grooved bark of the tree Eucommia ulmoides , commonly called the hardy rubber tree or the gutta-percha tree. The Chinese name for eucommia...
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...
Ball bearing
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...rigid single row or radial ball bearing, probably the most widely used, is designed so that balls run in comparatively deep grooved tracks, which make the bearing suitable for both radial and axial loads. Sealed versions are lubricated for life and are...
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...

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...
bush-hammered
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...bush-hammered. 1. Finish on concrete (usually in situ ) made with a mechanical bush-hammer fitted with a strong grooved head: the flat plane left after the concrete has set is hammered away to partially reveal the coarser aggregate, leaving...
aulodont
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences aulodont Applied to echinoids with a lantern (see ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN ) characterized by teeth which are longitudinally grooved and broadly U-shaped in cross-section.
Casuarina
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Casuarina (family Casuarinaceae ) A genus of xeromorphic trees in which the twigs are slender, cylindrical, green, and grooved with whorls of minute scale leaves at the nodes . The flowers are tiny, borne in compound spikes , and become woody in the...
rustication
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...making of a texture on a face. Types of rustication include:banded: plain or textured ashlar with the horizontal joints only grooved, giving the impression of a series of bands ;chamfered: with each ashlar chamfered to create V-shaped joints, either...
Scolytidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...long, in which the head is hooded by a large pronotum . The antennae are short and clubbed. The elytra are often incised and grooved behind, producing a device that enables them to shovel wood debris. An egg chamber is excavated under bark or deeper in wood...
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...
frog
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xA0; the piece into which the hair is fitted at the lower end of the bow of a stringed instrument. ∎  a grooved metal plate for guiding the wheels of a railroad vehicle at an intersection. frog 3 • n. an elastic horny pad growing...

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.
corrugated
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English corrugated • adjective   synonyms : furrowed, grooved, ridged, fluted, channeled, folded, crinkled, puckered, creased, wrinkled, crumpled, striate.
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.

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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...
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--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...
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...
'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; ; 463 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...
Squeezing of a porous faced rotating annular disk over a grooved annular disk
Magazine article from: Tribology Transactions; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...faced annular disk rotating against a grooved counterpart is simulated and a squeeze...engineering applications surfaces are usually grooved to facilitate coolant flow. It has been...engagement of a plain annular rotor over a grooved annular disk. Due to its simplicity in...
Measurements of Temperature Distributions around Longitudinally Grooved Rough Surfaces in Sliding Elastohydrodynamic Point Contacts
Magazine article from: Tribology Transactions; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...conjunction area comprising a longitudinally grooved steel ball and a sapphire disk under...results show that the temperature of the grooved ball surface increased considerably compared with that of a non-grooved ball. The temperatures of the faster...