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boomer
Austral a large male kangaroo
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
boomer
[′büm·ər] (engineering)
A device used to tighten chains on pipe or other equipment loaded on a truck to make the cargo secure.
(mining engineering)
In placer mining, an automatic gate in a dam that holds the water until the reservoir is filled, then opens automatically and allows the escape of such a volume that the soil and upper gravel of the placer are washed away.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Gen Xers and
boomers love tried-and-true shopping methods.
By the time World War Two baby
boomers were the same age, just nine per cent of women were childless.
Boomers also have evolving tastes and eating habits that match their changing health and wellness needs.
These results are based on surveys of 30,562 baby
boomers employed for an employer from Jan.
"
Boomers will experience a broad range of lifestyle changes in the coming years that will dramatically change where and how they shop for consumer packaged goods and what they buy," said Susan Viamari, editor, Times & Trends, SymphonyIRI.
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