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bladeOne component in a system that is designed to accept some number of components (blades). Blades can be individual servers or clients that plug into a single cabinet or individual port cards that add connectivity to a switch. A blade is typically a hot swappable hardware device, but a software architecture could use the blade terminology as well. See blade server and blade PC. blade 1. the flattened expanded part of a leaf, sepal, or petal 2. the long narrow leaf of a grass or related plant 3. Archaeol a long thin flake of flint, possibly used as a tool 4. short for shoulder blade blade [blād] (botany) The broad, flat portion of a leaf. Also known as lamina. (electricity) A flat moving conductor in a switch. (engineering) A broad, flat arm of a fan, turbine, or propeller. The broad, flat surface of a bulldozer or snowplow by which the material is moved. The part of a cutting tool, such as a saw, that cuts. (vertebrate zoology) A single plate of baleen. 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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It is not indeed silver-hilted, which, as you say, doth not become a soldier; but the handle is decent enough, and the blade one of the best in Europe. His axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short. The rough-handled pocket-knife was taken out in the same moment, and the largest blade opened by way of irresistible demonstration. |
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