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guarding [′gärd·iŋ] (electricity) A method of eliminating surface-leakage effects from measurements of electrical resistance which employs a low-resistance conductor in the vicinity of one of the terminals or a portion of the measuring circuit. 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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| Then it will be our duty to select, if we can, natures which are fitted for the task of guarding the city? Because there is no other way of guarding oneself from flatterers except letting men understand that to tell you the truth does not offend you; but when every one may tell you the truth, respect for you abates. The wide expanse that opened out before the heights on which the Russian batteries stood guarding the bridge was at times veiled by a diaphanous curtain of slanting rain, and then, suddenly spread out in the sunlight, far-distant objects could be clearly seen glittering as though freshly varnished. |
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