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shed
(redirected from commodity shed)

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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)


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dairy producers will have to look to the South to fill their commodity sheds.
The feeder proceeds to the appropriate commodity shed, bunker or tank for loading.
 
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