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Look up: Bat

  1. Bat
    A bat is a nocturnal creature of the order cheiroptera.
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/B1

  2. bat
    [n] - a club used for hitting a ball in various games 2. [n] - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate 3. [n] - a turn batting (in baseball) 4. [v] - have a turn at bat 5. [v] - use a bat 6. [v] - strike with, or as if with a baseball bat 7. [v] - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight 8. [v] - wink briefly
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. BAT
    Block Address Translation
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  4. Bat
    Usually half the normal length of a brick.
    Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build

  5. Bat
    A brick of half the normal length, used to complete a wall course bond..
    Found on http://selfbuildhome.net/self-build-glos

  6. BAT
    Best Available Techniques. BAT Standards are used to judge the performance of industrial processes and to provide a target for improvement plans. They are gathered in a BAT Reference Document (BREF).
    Found on http://www.eurochlor.org/mainglossary

  7. BAT
    Best Available Techniques Often refered with respect to pollution reduction. More onerous than ALARP.
    Found on http://www.contractorsunlimited.co.uk/gl

  8. BAT
    Best Available Techniques describe the most effective technology and methods designed to prevent and where is not practicable, to reduce emissions and their impacts on the environment. These techniques must be already developed under economically and technically viable conditions
    Found on http://www.porvairfiltration.com/filtrat

  9. BAT
    Best Available Techniques as defined in "Guidance for the Surface Treatment of Metals and Plastics by Electrolytic and Chemical Processes"
    Found on http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/206433

  10. BAT
    See Best Available Technology
    Found on http://www.energ.co.uk/renewable_energy_

  11. BAT
    : Best Available Techniques, defined under Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC). Note that BAT has many more cost and implementation issues than its predecessor BATNEEC.
    Found on http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100

  12. bat
    A file extension for a Batch file (batch as in group or bundle). A text file which contains a set of commands for the operating system.
    Found on http://www.stmarys.tlfe.org/subjects/inf

  13. Bat
    Bat (băt) noun [ Middle English batte , botte , Anglo-Saxon batt ; perhaps from the Celtic; confer Ir. bat , bata , stick, staff; but confer also French batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.] 1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  14. Bat
    Bat transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Batted (băt"tĕd); present participle & verbal noun Batting .] To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  15. Bat
    Bat intransitive verb To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  16. Bat
    Bat noun [ Corrupt. from Middle English back , backe , balke ; confer Dan. aften- bakke ( aften evening), Swedish natt- backa ( natt night), Icelandic leðr- blaka ( leðr leather), Icelandic blaka to flutter.] (Zoology) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a m …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  17. Bat
    Bat noun [ Siamese.] Same as Tical , noun , 1.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  18. Bat
    Bat transitive verb & i. 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] 2. To wink. [ Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  19. Bat
    Bat noun 1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. 2. A stroke; a sharp blow. [ Colloq. or Slang] 3. A stroke of work. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 4. Rate of motion; speed. [ Colloq.] "A vast host of fowl . . . making at full bat for the North Sea." Pall Mall Mag. 5. A spree; a jollification. [ Slang, U. S.] 6. Manner; rate; co …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/21

  20. bat
    1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc. ... 2. <chemical> Shale or bituminous shale. ... 3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. ... 4. A part of a brick with one whole end. ... <machinery> Bat bolt, a bolt …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?b

  21. bat
    noun a club used for hitting a ball in various games
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. bat
    at-bat noun (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; `he was at bat when it happened`; `he got four hits in four at-bats`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. bat
    chiropteran noun nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. bat
    flutter verb wink briefly; `bat one`s eyelids`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. bat
    clobber verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; `We licked the other team on Sunday!`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

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10 January 2009

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In 1863 the London Underground was first opened, using steam trains running over four miles (six km) of track between Paddington and Farringdon Street. Nowadays there are eleven lines covering 254 miles (408 Km), with 270 stations. It was Charles Pearson who first proposed the notion of ‘trains in drains’ in 1845, when the railway was a relatively new invention. He helped raise the finance from private investors and the City of London, and excavation began in 1860, with a shallow trench dug beneath Euston Road and then covered over. read more

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