overhead

  • 101overhead railway — noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level • Syn: ↑elevated railway, ↑elevated railroad, ↑elevated, ↑el • Hypernyms: ↑railway, ↑railroad, ↑railroad line, ↑ …

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  • 102overhead projector — noun Date: 1951 a projector for projecting onto a vertical screen magnified images of graphic material on a horizontal transparency illuminated from below called also overhead …

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  • 103Overhead (engineering) — In engineering, some methods or components make special demands on the system. The extra design features necessary to accommodate these demands are called overhead. Expenses not directly related to the production and sale of a product. For… …

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  • 104Overhead bit — In data transmission and telecommunication, overhead bits are nondata bits necessary for transmission (usually as part of headers, checksums, and such). Such bits are not counted as part of the goodput. This article related to telecommunications… …

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  • 105Overhead-Projektor — Tageslichtprojektor in Betrieb Als Tageslichtprojektor (auch Overhead Projektor, Polylux oder Tageslichtschreiber, in der Bundeswehr Prokischreiber, in der Schweiz: Hellraumprojektor bzw. Prokischreiber) bezeichnet man optische Bildwerfer, die… …

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  • 106Overhead valves — OHV Motorrad Motor Die OHV Ventilsteuerung (engl. Overhead valves für obenliegende Ventile) bezeichnet eine Bauweise von 4 Takt Hubkolbenmotoren, bei der die Einlass und Auslass Ventile im Zylinderkopf angeordnet sind. Mithilfe der… …

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  • 107Overhead (badminton) — L overhead est un coup de badminton utilisé dans le cas où le joueur est dépassé par le volant, à côté de sa tête (du côté revers). Elle permet de dégager le volant (comme lors d un lob), tout en évitant d avoir à se déplacer pour jouer en revers …

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  • 108overhead cover — shelter protecting fish from overhead; defined by height above water level, usually less than 1 metre …

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  • 109overhead valve — noun A type of internal combustion engine design which has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head (and therefore above the piston). The camshaft can be beside the pistons (with pushrods and rockers operating the valves) or above the… …

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  • 110overhead maneuver — A series of predetermined maneuvers for aircraft (often in formation) for entering into a VFR (visual flight rules) traffic pattern and proceeding to a landing. These aircraft are considered under VFR, and the IFR (instrument flight rules) flight …

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