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shed1 1. a small building or lean-to of light construction, used for storage, shelter, etc. 2. a large roofed structure, esp one with open sides, used for storage, repairing locomotives, sheepshearing, etc. 3. a large retail outlet in the style of a warehouse shed2 1. (in weaving) the space made by shedding 2. short for watershed shed Physics a former unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10--52 square metre shed [shed] (nuclear physics) A unit of cross section, used in studying collisions of nuclei and particles, equal to 10-24barn, or 10-48square centimeter. SHED [shed] (aerospace engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To the left, not far from the farthest cannon, was a small, newly constructed wattle shed from which came the sound of officers' voices in eager conversation. I was left here to guard your slumbers; and for one hundred years I have been out under the shed reading a book. Then he ran back to the shed pulling the playful young horse, who wanted to gambol all over the yard, by the rein. |
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