strategy
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strat·e·gy
/ ˈstratəjē/
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n.
(pl. -gies)
a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim:
time to develop a coherent economic strategy |
shifts in marketing strategy.
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the art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle.Often contrasted with tactics (see tactic).
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a plan for such military operations and movements:
nonprovocative defense strategies.
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Noisy motor has speedometer in a whirr
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 3/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Could it be a worn speedometer cable? What can...to electronic speedometers and no longer used a speedometer cable. A speed...the noise, the speedometer would need to...shops that repair speedometers if they are removed...
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New York tests speedometers based on naval technology. (MTA New York City Transit testing new digital speedometers for rapid transit cars) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Railway Age; 9/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...found a suitable speedometer for its rapid...of mechanical speedometers that work by the...of mechanical speedometers, with very limited...A new digital speedometer, the operation...1926. The EDO speedometer (digital readout...Because the speedometers function independently...
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Bad wiring may cause jumpy speedometer
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 4/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...problem at highway speeds where the speedometer needle will start jumping in a small...intermittently. Only the engine and speedometer seem affected, all other electronics...this period. I've heard a faulty speedometer can send feedback to the computer causing...
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Need for speedometer repair
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 3/5/2006; 674 words
; ...Chevrolet S-10 and the speedometer has just quit working...1980s, most automotive speedometers and odometers took a leap...and aluminum cup/magnet speedometer head. A dry or worn speedometer cable occasionally brought...
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Vibrating speedometer
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/22/2002; 526 words
; ...Straits Times 12-22-2002 Vibrating speedometer Edition: 2* Column: Autocare DEAR...000 km) service, I noticed that the speedometer needle tended to vibrate between the...service dealer and they changed the speedometer. But it did not solve the problem and...
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Are speedometers false advertising for cars?
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 9/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...placing a 140-mph speedometer right in front of your...vehicles. A 140-mph speedometer works the same way...expensive to make one speedometer for all of their cars. But the top speeds on speedometers are still higher than...
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ARE SPEEDOMETERS FALSE ADVERTISING?(Auto Weekly)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 9/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...placing a 140-mph speedometer right in front of your...vehicles. A 140-mph speedometer works the same way...cheaper to make one speedometer for all their cars. But the top speeds on speedometers are still higher than...
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Short driver, poor tyres, thick speedometer needle can underestimate real speed
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/20/2007; 520 words
; ...thick needle on the speedometer risk being booked...speeding because their speedometers often underestimate...showed variations in speedometer reading to real speed...which one viewed the speedometer could also make a...current standards for speedometers, drivers travelling...
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FitSense FS-1 Speedometer, 1st Wireless Training Device for Running and Walking; FitSense 'Dashboard for the Human Body' Highlighted At the Boston Marathon.
Business Wire; 4/4/2001; 700+ words
; ...announced today the launch of the FS-1 Speedometer, a consumer training monitor for running...heart rate on a wristwatch. The FS-1 Speedometer uses an accelerometer that clips onto...back to stay motivated." The FS-1 Speedometer Technology --Foot Sensor weighs less...
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LARGE SPEEDOMETER A WELCOME SIGHT IN AN UNFAMILIAR CAR.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 2/12/1998; 631 words
; ...to discover in a rented Ford Escort a speedometer that can be read at the merest glance...is it needful to be looking at the speedometer so often? Because cars, especially...re doing 40 and, glancing at the speedometer, find the needle is edging at 70...
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Speedometer
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...with a mechanical speedometer. Cadillac and...followed, and speedometers began to regularly...the electronic speedometer in the early 1980s...production of speedometers vary with the...spring pulls the speedometer's pointer back...zero. Electronic speedometers are almost ...
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speedometer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
speedometer instrument that indicates speed. A cable from an automotive speedometer is attached to the rear of the transmission...speed of the car. In a very common type of speedometer the other end of the cable is attached to a...
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Smiths Industries PLC
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...VII, Smith invented the speedometer and had the first one inserted...was selling more than 100 speedometers each week. With the company...More than 50,000 Smith speedometers were being used in cars of...automotive accessories, such as speedometers. Allan Gordon Smith was...
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Standard Motor Products, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Co. in 1947, it expanded its product line to include carburetor repair parts, fuel pumps, shock-absorber parts, and speedometer cables, and in 1950 it introduced the “ Hygrade System ” of simplified carburetor kits for tune-ups...
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Cagniard De La Tour, Charles
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...s reputation was made by the acoustical siren. Besides demonstrating the nature of sound, this device, equipped with a speedometer for measuring the rate of revolution, allowed ready determination of the frequency of vibration of any sonorous body: it...
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