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Home Dictionary Name: fuseeFuse plug
A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse...
Bickford fuse
A fuse used in blasting consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute...
circuit breaker
A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value it is sometimes called a contact breaker Its function is to prevent fire or damage to the circuit or the devices on the circuit which could be caused by excess current such as that caused by a short circuit It differs from a fuse in not having a conducting element which melts see 2nd fuse n Circuit breakers are designed to be easily reset i e to reclose the circuit after it has been opened by the circuit breaker this is usually accomplished by simply moving a switch back and forth They are commonly used in buildings to protect individual electrical lines and are often contained in groups within a box called a circuit breaker panel which divides the current from a main electrical line into multiple circuits each protected by a separate circuit breaker Less commonly they may be found on individual devices...
Amalgamation
Amalgamation, in amalgamation two or more companies are fused into one by merger or by taking over by another. Reconstruction or 'amalgamation' has no precise legal meaning. The amalgamation is a blending of two or more existing undertakings into one undertaking, the share-holders of each blending company become substantially the shareholders in the company which is to carry on the blended undertakings. There may be amalgamation either by the transfer of two or more undertakings to a new company, or by the transfer of one or more undertakings to an existing company. Strictly 'amalgamation' does not cover the mere acquisition by a company of the share capital of other company which remains in existence and continues its undertaking but the context in which the term is used may show that it is intended to include such an acquisition, Saraswati Industrial Syndicate Ltd. v. C.I.T., 1990 Supp SCC 675 (679).Amalgamation, in an amalgamation two or more companies are fused into one by merger o...
Bismuth
One of the elements a metal of a reddish white color crystallizing in rhombohedrons It is somewhat harder than lead and rather brittle masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across It melts at 507deg Fahr being easily fused in the flame of a candle It is found in a native state and as a constituent of some minerals Specific gravity 98 Atomic weight 2075 Symbol Bi...
Bocca
The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out...
Cephalosporin
any of a class of chemical substances some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity whose structure contains a beta lactam ring fused to a six membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom The first of the series cephalosporin C was discovered by G Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria actinomycetes Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections The cephalosporins are the second class of beta lactam antibiotic to be discovered the first being the penicillins and more recent classes being the thienamycins and sulfazecins The cephamycins are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta lactam ring rendering them more resistant to p...
cheoplasty
molding artificial teeth using low fusing metals or alloys...
chorioallantois
a very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois...
Conflate
To blow together to bring together to collect to fuse together to join or weld to consolidate...
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