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feeder 1. Engineering a person or device that feeds the working material into a system or machine 2. Geography a tributary channel, esp one that supplies a reservoir or canal with water 3. Transport a. a road, service, etc., that links secondary areas to the main traffic network b. (as modifier): a feeder bus 4. Electronics a. a transmission line connecting an aerial to a transmitter or receiver b. a power line for transmitting electrical power from a generating station to a distribution network feeder [′fēd·ər] (electricity) A transmission line used between a transmitter and an antenna. A conductor, or several conductors, connecting generating stations, substations, or feeding points in an electric power distribution system. A group of conductors in an interior wiring system which link a main distribution center with secondary or branch-circuit distribution centers. (geology) A small ore-bearing vein which merges with a larger one. (hydrology) (mechanical engineering) A conveyor adapted to control the rate of delivery of bulk materials, packages, or objects, or a control device which separates or assembles objects. A device for delivering materials to a processing unit. (metallurgy) A runner or riser so placed that it can feed molten metal to the contracting mass of the casting as it cools in its flask, therefore preventing formation of cavities or porous structure. (ordnance) A device that supplies ammunition to a weapon, usually actuated by an automatic or semiautomatic mechanism. 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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He soon proved a heavy clog upon the little party, being doltish and taciturn, lazy in the extreme, and a huge feeder. "Faith, then," said the gentleman, "this new author does not handle you with the decency that displays itself in your person; he makes you out a heavy feeder and a fool, and not in the least droll, and a very different being from the Sancho described in the First Part of your master's history. Farmer Groby--or, as they called him, "he"--had arrived ere this, and by his orders Tess was placed on the platform of the machine, close to the man who fed it, her business being to untie every sheaf of corn handed on to her by Izz Huett, who stood next, but on the rick; so that the feeder could seize it and spread it over the revolving drum, which whisked out every grain in one moment. |
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