Split dynamometer

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• Dynamometer

  ·noun An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or t...

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• dynamometer

  An instrument for measuring the amount of force, and used for indicating the thrust or force of a sc...

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• Split

  ·adj Divided; cleft. II. Split ·adj Divided deeply; cleft. III. Split ·vi To burst with laughter. ...

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• split

  1) A division. The fiery spirit which has occasioned a split among the British Archæologists, would...

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• Electro-dynamometer

  ·noun An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents. ...

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• Transmission dynamometer

  ·add. ·- A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmi...

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• Split infinitive

  ·add. ·- A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to large...

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• Split key

  ·add. ·- A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose. ...

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• Split shot

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Split stroke. ...

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• Split stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to wo...

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• Split stroke

  ·add. ·- In croquet, ·etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own a...

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• Split stuff

  ·add. ·- Timber sawn into lengths and then split. ...

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• Split switch

  ·add. ·- = Point switch. ...

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• Split wheel

  ·add. ·- = Split pulley. ...

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• Split-tail

  ·noun The pintail duck. II. Split-tail ·noun A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)...

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• Split-tongued

  ·adj Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards. ...

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• split crow

  The sign of the spread eagle, which being represented with two heads on one neck, gives it somewhat ...

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• split cause

  A lawyer. ...

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• split fig

  A grocer. ...

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• split iron

  The nick-name for a smith. ...

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• split-stuff

  n. timber sawn into lengths andthen split. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. ...

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• full split

  With the greatest violence and impetuosity.--Craven Glossary. In common use in the United States in ...

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• split ticket

  When two or more important offices are to be filled at the same time, the wire-pullers of each party...

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• flag-side of a split fish

  The side without the bone. ...

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