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1 spherical pile
English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > spherical pile
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2 spherical containment shell
сферическая гермооболочка; шаровая защитная оболочкаEnglish-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > spherical containment shell
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3 rise of pile
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4 atomic pile
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5 chain reacting pile
English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > chain reacting pile
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6 critical pile
English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > critical pile
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7 graphite pile
English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > graphite pile
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8 hole in the pile
English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > hole in the pile
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9 cell
1) клетка3) элемент7) эл. шайба ( выпрямителя)8) эл. изолировочная гильза9) камера для работы с радиоактивными веществами10) строит. сегмент ребристого свода11) мн. ч. строит. пустоты в кирпиче или камне12) машиностр. гибкий производственный модуль, ГП-модуль, ГПМ; гибкий автоматизированный участок, ГАУ; ставочный участок13) ячейка памяти14) грозовой очаг, грозовой район ( в зоне полёта)16) полигр. растровая ячейка ( формы глубокой печати)17) пищ. диффузор18) ячейка ( тарный вкладыш)•cell with free diffusion boundaries — ячейка со свободной диффузией на границе жидкостей;cell with liquid junction — ячейка с жидкостным соединением;cell with open liquid junction — ячейка с открытым жидкостным соединением;cell without transference — элемент без переноса;-
polka dot solar cell
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absorbing cell
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accumulator cell
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acid cell
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Acker cell
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AD cell
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aeration cell
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aftertreatment cell
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agglomerate cell
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air-depolarizing cell
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air-hydrogen fuel cell
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airlift flotation cell
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airproof cell
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alkali-chlorine cell
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alkaline cell
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Allen-Moore cell
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aluminum cell
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amalgam cell
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ammonia-air fuel cell
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amorphous solar cell
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anisotropically etched solar cell
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aqueous fuel cell
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arc-heated cell
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array cell
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asymmetrical cell
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automated cell
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back-emf cell
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back-surface-field solar cell
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bag-type cell
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balloon calibrated solar cell
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basket cathode cell
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battery cell
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bearing cell
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Becquerel cell
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bell-jar cell
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bell cell
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bending part cell
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bifacial solar cell
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Billiter cell
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bimorph cell
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binary cell
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biomass fuel cell
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bipolar cell
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bit cell
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body cell
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body-centered cubic cell
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border cell
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box cell
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Bragg cell
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brine cell
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bubble cell
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cadmium cell
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carbon cell
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cascade solar cell
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cell of table
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central cell
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chargeable cell
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chemical cell
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chlorine cell
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Clark cell
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cleaner cell
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climatic cell
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closed cell
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close-packed atomic cell
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color cell
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combustion cell
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competent cell
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complex galvanic cell
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composite cell
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conductivity cell
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consumable-electrode cell
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convection cell
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corrosion cell
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counter electromotive cell
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counter cell
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counting cell
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crown cell
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crystal cell
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data cell
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delay cell
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desalting cell
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detector cell
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diamond cubic unit cell
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diaphragm cell
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diffraction cell
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diffused-junction solar cell
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diffusion cell
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disk stack cell
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Doppler-resolution cell
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drift field solar cell
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driver cell
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dry cell
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dummy cell
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dye cell
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ECM cell
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edge-illuminated solar cell
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Edison storage cell
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electrical electrochemical cell
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electric electrochemical cell
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electrical cell
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electric cell
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electrochemical machining cell
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electroluminescent cell
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electrolytic cell
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electrowinning cell
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emergency cell
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emission cell
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end cell
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epitaxial solar cell
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exposure cell
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fabric cell
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face-centered cubic cell
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faceted solar cell
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Faraday cell
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filter cell
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flat cell
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flotation cell
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flow-through cell
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fluid cooled solar cell
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fluorine cell
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front-surface-field solar cell
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front-wall solar cell
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froth flotation cell
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fuel cell
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fuel debottling cell
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fuel handling cell
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fuel-reprocessing cell
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fused cell
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galvanic cell
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gamma-measuring cell
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gas cell
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graded bandgap solar cell
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grating-type solar cell
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group-technology cell
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Hall cell
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heteroface solar cell
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heterojunction solar cell
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high-bandgap solar cell
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high-intensity solar cell
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high-level cell
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high-temperature fuel cell
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hole matrix vertical junction solar cell
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hole matrix vertical solar cell
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homojunction solar cell
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hot cell
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humidity cell
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hydraulic load cell
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hydrogen cell
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hydrogenerated amorphous silicon solar cell
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indicator cell
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induced-junction solar cell
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integral diode solar cell
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intermediate-level cell
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inversion layer solar cell
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junction solar cell
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Kerr cell
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lattice cell
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lead-acid cell
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lead cell
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lead-zinc cell
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Leclanche cell
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library cell
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light cell
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light-sensitive cell
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light-switching cell
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liquid crystal cell
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liquid junction solar cell
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lithium counterdoped silicon solar cell
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lithium-chlorine cell
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lithium-sulfur cell
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load cell
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low-bandgap solar cell
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low-level cell
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machining cell
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magnesium cell
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manufacturing cell
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master cell
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matrix solar cell
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mat-type cell
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measuring cell
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memory cell
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mercury cell
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minimum manned machining cell
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monofacial solar cell
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monolithic solar cell
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multibandgap solar cell
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multicolor solar cell
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multielectrode cell
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multijunction solar cell
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multilayer solar cell
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multilevel cell
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multipass absorption cell
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NC cell
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neoprene fuel cell
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new fuel storage cell
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nickel-cadmium cell
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nickel-iron cell
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nickel-zinc cell
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noise cell
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nonideal solar cell
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normal cell
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one-device cell
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optimum work cell
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optoelectronic cell
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oxidation-reduction cell
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oxygen cell
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oxygen-hydrogen cell
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oxyhydrogen cell
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painting cell
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part washing cell
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partially manned machining cell
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parting cell
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permeabilized cell
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petite cell
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photochemical cell
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photoconducting cell
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photoelectric cell
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photoelectrochemical cell
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photoelectrolytical cell
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photoelectrolytic cell
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photoemissive cell
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photogalvanic cell
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photomultiplier cell
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photoresistance cell
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photosensitive cell
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photovoltaic cell
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pickling cell
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piezoelectric cell
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pilot cell
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p-i-n solar cell
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planar solar cell
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plunge cell
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pneumatic cell
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point contact solar cell
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polycrystalline solar cell
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pressure cell
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primary cell
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processing cell
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pump cell
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purification cell
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radar-resolution cell
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radar cell
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radiation hardened solar cell
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range-resolution cell
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rechargeable cell
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rectifying cell
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reference solar cell
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refining cell
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refresh cell
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regenerative fuel cell
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regulator cell
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resolution cell
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resting cell
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retreatment cell
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ribbon solar cell
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robotic work cell
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robot work cell
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robotic cell
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robotic welding cell
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rocking cell
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roll cell
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rotating anode cell
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rotating cathode cell
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Schottky-barrier solar cell
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Schottky solar cell
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sealed cell
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sealed-in cell
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seawater conductivity cell
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secondary cell
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selenium cell
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self-adapting production cell
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self-contained machining cell
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self-refreshing cell
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self-sufficient cell
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semiconductor-electrolyte junction solar cell
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semimanned machining cell
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shadowed solar cell
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sheet solar cell
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sheet-pile cell
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silicon solar cell
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silo cell
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silver-zinc cell
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single manufacturing cell
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single cell
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single junction solar cell
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single-crystalline solar cell
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slot-type cell
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solar cell
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solid-electrolyte cell
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solid-state cell
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space solar cell
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spherical solar cell
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spinning cell
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spray-deposited solar cell
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stacked solar cell
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standard cell
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storage cell
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surface-passivated solar cell
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swarf removing cell
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switching cell
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tandem solar cell
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thermal cell
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thermal conductivity cell
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thermoelectric solar cell
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thermogalvanic cell
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thin-film solar cell
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transfer cell
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tube cell
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twisted nematic type cell
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two-mirror absorption cell
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ultrathin solar cell
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unit cell
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unmanned production cell
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vertical junction solar cell
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vertical solar cell
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V-groove sofar cell
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voltaic cell
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water cell
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wedged channel solar cell
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weighing cell
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welding cell
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Weston standard cell
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Weston cell
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wet cell
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work cell
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wraparound solar cell -
10 method
1) метод; приём; способ2) методика3) технология4) система•- accelerated strength testing method-
benching method-
bullhead well control method-
electrical-surveying method-
electromagnetic surveying method-
long-wire transmitter method-
operational method-
rule of thumb method-
straight flange method of rolling beams-
symbolical method-
tee-test method-
testing method-
triangulation method-
value-iteration method -
11 shell
1) оболочка2) остов, каркас4) слой || отслаиваться7) плена, чешуйка, закат ( дефект проката); корка ( на слитке)10) вкладыш ( подшипника)11) эл. броня12) юбка изолятора13) процессор командного языка, командный процессор15) полигр. гальваноотложение16) швейн. основной [верхний\] материал изделия17) верхняя одежда без подкладки; верхняя одежда с отстёгивающейся подкладкой19) шелуха, лузга || шелушить, лущить; обрушивать ( семена)•-
barrel shell
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bit reaming shell
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body shell
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bowl shell
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brass shell
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buffer shell
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commutator shell
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composite shell
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containment shell
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copper shell
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cylindrical shell
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doubly curved shell
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downstream shell
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electrode shell
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electron shell
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entry shell
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expansion shell
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filter shell
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groove-free bearing shell
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guy shell
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hypar shell
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ingot shell
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insert shell of diagonal brace
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insulator shell
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ion shell
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large-span shell
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lens shell
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multibarrel shell
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negative curvature shell
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pile shell
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pipe shell
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plasma shell
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positive curvature shell
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refrigerant shell
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rotational shell
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sandwich shell
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seal shell
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shell of revolution
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spherical shell
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tank shell
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thin shell
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translational shell
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tube shell
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ungrooved bearing shell
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upstream shell -
12 solid
1) твердый
2) непустотелый
3) пласка
4) телесный
5) цельнокатаный
6) <phys.> тело
7) пространственный
8) трехмерный
9) твердое тело
10) заполненный
11) компактный
12) основательный
13) сплошной
14) фундаментальный
15) нелетучий
– blast off solid
– imperfection in a solid
– set solid
– solid addition
– solid alcohol
– solid angle
– solid ballast
– solid bottom
– solid brush
– solid carrier
– solid catalyst
– solid conductor
– solid door
– solid filling
– solid frame
– solid fuel
– solid gas
– solid geometry
– solid guide
– solid harmonic
– solid injection
– solid jaw
– solid matter
– solid modelling
– solid of revolution
– solid phase
– solid pile
– solid plate
– solid pulley
– solid residual
– solid roof
– solid rubber
– solid shaft
– solid slag
– solid solution
– solid state
– solid substance
– solid wedge
– solid wheel
– solid wire
– volume of a solid
solid of light distribution — <opt.> тело фотометрическое
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13 Cap
[Capitan] — кэпитен ( группа пермской системы западного Техаса и Нью-Мексико)
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1. головка; колпак; шляпка; крышка— end cap— gas cap— tree cap
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колпачок, головка; верхушка; крышка; трубная головка; покрывающая порода (геол.)
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капсюль-детонатор, электродетонатор (малый заряд, предназначенный для возбуждения большого основного заряда ВВ)
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1) головка; колпак; шляпка; крышка4) закрывать пробкой; запечатывать ( скважину)•- artificial gas capto develop gas cap — образовывать газовую шапку;
- bell cap
- blasting cap
- bubble cap
- chock-and-kill line test cap
- Christmas tree cap of underwater well
- clay cap
- core barrel strainer cap
- corrosion cap
- drill-hose connection cap
- drive cap
- driving cap
- electrical blasting cap
- end cap
- evaporite cap
- filler cap
- gas cap
- gas-and-oil resistant cap
- hydrodynamic cap
- laser ignited fuse cap
- lifting cap
- lock cap
- massive cap
- nonretrograde gas cap
- pile cap
- pool cap
- productive formation cap
- protector cap
- retrograde gas cap
- screw cap
- secondary gas cap
- seismic cap
- spherical end cap
- tank cap
- temporary abandonment cap
- thermally actuated blasting cap
- transit cap
- trap cap
- tray cap
- tree cap
- tunnel-type tray cap
- walking beam cap
- wellhead cap* * * -
14 cap
1. головка, колпак, шляпка, крышка5. сопло; мундштук6. закрыть пробкой; запечатать ( скважину)— base cap— end cap— gas cap— tree cap
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1. головка; колпак; шляпка; крышка— end cap— gas cap— tree cap
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колпачок, головка; верхушка; крышка; трубная головка; покрывающая порода (геол.)
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капсюль-детонатор, электродетонатор (малый заряд, предназначенный для возбуждения большого основного заряда ВВ)
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1) головка; колпак; шляпка; крышка4) закрывать пробкой; запечатывать ( скважину)•- artificial gas capto develop gas cap — образовывать газовую шапку;
- bell cap
- blasting cap
- bubble cap
- chock-and-kill line test cap
- Christmas tree cap of underwater well
- clay cap
- core barrel strainer cap
- corrosion cap
- drill-hose connection cap
- drive cap
- driving cap
- electrical blasting cap
- end cap
- evaporite cap
- filler cap
- gas cap
- gas-and-oil resistant cap
- hydrodynamic cap
- laser ignited fuse cap
- lifting cap
- lock cap
- massive cap
- nonretrograde gas cap
- pile cap
- pool cap
- productive formation cap
- protector cap
- retrograde gas cap
- screw cap
- secondary gas cap
- seismic cap
- spherical end cap
- tank cap
- temporary abandonment cap
- thermally actuated blasting cap
- transit cap
- trap cap
- tray cap
- tree cap
- tunnel-type tray cap
- walking beam cap
- wellhead cap* * * -
15 joint
1) соединение; сочленение; шарнир2) узел фермы; геометрический узел4) геол. трещина5) замок ( для канатов)6) совместный ( о предприятии)7) соединять ( при помощи вставных частей); наращивать•- abutment joint - abutting joint - adhesive joint - airtight joint - alternate joints - angle joint - angle half-lap joint - arc-welded joint - articulated joint - asymmetric joint - back joint - ball joint - ball-and-socket joint - bayonet joint - bead joint - beam butt joint - beam-to-beam joint - beam-to-beam moment joint - beam-to-column joint - bed joint - bell-and-plain end joint - bell-and-spigot joint - bell butt joint - bellows joint - bevelled joint - bleeding joint - blind joint - bolt joint - bolted joint - bolt-adhesive joint - bracket joint - branch joint - branch tee-saddle joint - brazed joint - brazed-welded joint - breaking joints - brick joint - brickwork joints - bricks joints - bridge joint - bridle joint - broken joints - building wall joints - butt joint - butt-and-collar joint - buttered joint - cable joint - carpenter's joint - cash joint - castellated joint - cast-welded rail joint - caulked joint - caulking joint - cemented joint - centre joint - chamfered joint - chamfered-edge lap joint - circular joint - clamping plate joint - clamping ring joint - clasp joint - cleat joint - clip joint - closed-tee joint - cluster joint - coach joint - cogged joint - collar joint - compensation joint - composite joint - compound for joint sealing - compression joint - concave joint - concealed joint - concrete mix joint - conduit joint - constricted-end joint - construction joint - contact joint - contraction joint - control joint - convex joint - coped joint - corner joint - cornerlock joint - cotter pin joint - coursing joint - couvre joint - cross joint - cross-halved joint - cruciform joint - curb joint - cut joint - dado joint - dead joint - demountable joint - detachable joint - dilatation joint - direct-edge splined joint - disk joint - divided tenon joint - double joint - double-bevel butt joint - double-butt joint - double-lap riveted joint - double-shear joint - dovetail joint - dovetail halving joint - dovetail scarf joint - dowelled joint - draw-band joint - dry joint - dummy joint - eccentric joint - edge joint - edge butt joint - elastic joint - elbow joint - end joint - erection joint - expanded joint - expansion joint - exposed joint - eye joint - face joint - faced joint - false joint - faucet joint - faulty joint - field joint - fillet joint - fillistered joint - finger joint - firm-and-impervious joint - fish-mouth joint - fixed joint - flange joint - flange-to-web joint - flashed joint - flat joint - flexible joint - flush joint - flush-cut joint - flush cylindrical joint - flush taper joint - folded-over joint - forge-welded joint - fork joint - friction joint - full open-corner joint - full-strength joint - gasketless joint - gastight joint - gas-welded joint - girth joint - glue joint - groove joint - grooved and tongued joint - ground joint - grouted joint - half joint - half-lap joint - half-mitre joint - halved joint - header joint - heading joint of flooring boards - hem joint - hinge joint - hinged joint - hollow joint - hook joint - housed joint - impervious joint - inclined joint - inclined tee joint - indented joint - involute splined joint - J-groove joint - joggle joint - joint double-strap lap joint - keyed joint - king-post joint - lap joint - lapped corner joint - lead joint - leakage of joint - leaky joint - ledge joint - lift joint - linear slotted lap joint - lipped joint - lock joint - longitudinal joint - loop joint - loose joint - loose tongue joint - married joints - match joint - milter joint - mortar mix joint - mortise joint - mortise and tenon joint - mortise dowel joint - movable joint - movement of joint - multiple joint - multiple bar joint - nipple joint - oblique joint - open joint - open-butt joint - open-drained joint - opening of joint - open mortise and tenon joint - open tee joint - overlap joint - packed joint - permeable joints - pillow joint - pilot joint - pin joint - pin-connected joint - pipe joint - plain lap joint - poured joint - pressure-welded joint - profiled joint - push joint - racked joint - related joint - rigid joint - ring joint - rivet joint - riveted lap joint with butt strap - rocker joint - rope joint - rotating joint - rubbed joint - rust joint - saddle joint - scarf joint - screw joint - sealing of joints - seamless joint - secret joint - semiflexible joint - shilap joint - shove joint - skew joint - skew scarf joint - sliding joint - slip joint - socket-and-spigot joint - soldered joint - spherical joint - splined joint - split joint - square joint - S-slip joint - step joint - strapped joint - strength joint - strike joint - structural joints - swivel joint - swivel rod joint - tale-to-tale joint - taper joint - tapered-end joint - telescope joint - tenon joint - tension joint - thermit joint - threaded gas pipe joint - tianged-edge joint - tight joint - toe joint - tongue-and-groove joint - tooth cogging joint - transverse joint - treated joint - U-groove joint - unchamfered joint - universal joint - voussoir joint - V-shaped joint - wall-footing joint - water-sealed joint - watertight joint - weathered joint - wedge joint - welded joint - welding joint - woodworking jointto joint with skew, scarf and key — соединять зигзагом
* * *1. соединение, шов; узел, стык2. разрыв, трещина ( горных пород)joint between precast members — соединение элементов сборных (железо)бетонныхжелезобетонных¦бетонных конструкций
joint fixed [locked] against rotation — узел, закреплённый против поворота; узел с наложенными связями против поворота
joint restrained by elastic members — упруго-податливое соединение, упруго-податливый узел
joint transmitting compression — соединение, передающее усилие сжатия
- abutting jointjoint transmitting shears — соединение, обеспечивающее передачу поперечных сил [сдвигающих усилий]
- adhesive-bonded joint
- adhesive joint
- angle joint
- angle half-lap joint
- articulated joint
- aseismic joint
- ball joint
- beam butt joint
- beam-column joint
- bed joint
- bell-and-spigot joint
- birdsmouth joint
- bolted joint
- box dovetail joint
- breaking joints
- break joints
- brick joints
- bridle joint
- butt joint
- buttered joint
- cable joint
- capillary joint
- caulked joint
- cleat joint
- closely-spaced joints
- coax scarf joint
- cog scarf joint
- cold joint
- combed joint
- compression joint
- concave joint
- construction joint
- contraction joint
- convex joint
- corner joint
- cornerlock joint
- coursing joint
- crimped joint
- crimp upstand joint
- cross joint
- cross-lap joint
- curb joint
- cut joint
- dilatation joint
- dismountable joint
- double-shear joint
- double-S slip joint
- dovetail halving joint
- doweled contraction joint
- draw band joint
- duct flange joint
- dummy joint
- edge joint
- end joint
- end lap joint
- erection joint
- expansion joint
- face joint
- fail-safe joint
- false joint
- feather joint
- field joint
- finger joint
- fixed joint
- flanged joint
- flared joint
- flat joint
- flexible joint
- flexible ball joint
- floor joint
- floor-to-wall joint
- flush joint
- friction-type joint
- gland joint
- glued joint
- groove joint
- ground joint
- grouted joint
- half-lap joint
- halved joint
- heading joint
- head joint
- head contact joint
- head free joint
- Hercules pile joint
- hick joint
- high joint due to frost action
- hinged joint
- hinge joint
- incompressible joint
- insulated flanged pipe joint
- insulated rail joint
- isolation joint
- joggle joint
- keyed joint
- keys scarf joint
- knuckle joint
- laminated joint
- lapped joint
- lap joint
- lead joint
- lengthening joint
- lift joint
- lock joint
- longitudinal joint
- loose flange joint
- manipulative joint
- miter joint
- mortise-and-tenon joint
- mortise joint
- movement joint
- nonmanipulative joint
- oblique joint
- oblique butt joint
- open joint
- overstrained joint
- packed joint
- pin joint
- pipe expansion joint
- plain-S slip joint
- ploughed-and-tongued joint
- pocket lock joint
- pointed joint
- pressure-tight joint
- push fit joint
- rail joint
- raked joint
- rebated joint
- reinforced bar slip joint
- reinforced standing seam joint
- released joint
- resilient joint
- rigid joint
- ring seal joint
- rough-cut joint
- rustication joint
- rustic joint
- saddle joint
- sawed joint
- scarf joint
- screwed joint
- screw joint
- sealed joint
- semiflexible joint
- settlement joint
- shear joint
- shoved joint
- shrinkage joint
- shrinkage compensating concrete floor joint
- shrunk rubber ring joint
- single dovetail joint
- sleeve joint
- sliding joint
- slip joint
- solvent welded joint
- socket joint
- socket-and-spigot joint
- spalled joint
- spigot-and-socket joint
- S slip joint
- stagger joints
- steel crossing construction joint
- struck joint
- T and G joint
- tank base joint
- telescope joint
- threaded joint
- tight joint
- toggle joint
- tongue and groove joint
- tool joint
- tooled joint
- transverse joint
- treated joint
- undoweled joint
- unsealed joint
- V-shaped joint
- wall-footing joint
- warping joint
- watertight joint
- weathered joint
- welded joint
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17 electronic shell
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18 inner shell
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