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strapping [′strap·iŋ] (electricity) Connecting two or more points in a circuit or device with a short piece of wire or metal. (electronics) Connecting together resonator segments having the same polarity in a multicavity magnetron to suppress undesired modes of oscillation. (petroleum engineering) A petroleum industry procedure in which storage tanks are strapped (measured) on their outside with steel measuring tapes to calculate the volumetric capacity of the tank for increments of height. 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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What else can a strapping chap of twenty-one mean with a fine wench of seventeen? His wife was a "hustler," who gloried in hustling; his family got a comfortable living off the farm; and his strapping sons and daughters, inheriting their mother's energy, were all in a fair way to do well in the world. Why, sir, forty years ago, when I was much such a strapping youngster as you, a man expected to pull between the shafts the best part of his life, before he got the whip in his hand. |
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