Look up: armour

1. Armour
   [anatomy] Armour (or armor, see spelling differences) in animals is external or superficial protection against attack by predators, formed as part of the body (rather than the behavioural use of protective external objects), usually through the hardening of body tissues, outgrowths or secret...
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2. Armour
   Armour is American slang for weapons.
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3. Armour
   Extra cable protection to improve resistance to crushing, cutting and shearing forces. The usual form is a braided steel outer jacket but tough plastic with steel or plastic strengtheners is also used in many modern cable designs.
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4. Armour
   A strong covering worn to protect the body from injury. See CHAIN MAIL
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5. armour
   Body protection worn in battle. Body armour is depicted in Greek and Roman art. Chain mail was developed in the Middle Ages but the craft of the armourer in Europe reached its height in design in...
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6. armour
   steel wires or tapes wrapped around a telephone cable to provide physical strength or protection Category: Electrical engineering and energy • A layer of sediment on the surface of the stream bed that is typically coarser than the underlying sediments. Category: The cosmos • ...
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7. armour
   (from the article `armadillo`) any of various armoured mammals found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America. Most of the 20 species inhabit open ... The nature of the body covering is variable. Most cypriniforms possess cycloid scales (smooth, overlapping scales more or less circular in shape). ... [2...
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8. armour
   (from the article `tactics`) ...where the chief of staff, Hans von Seeckt, built an elite army that would cut through the defense `like a knife through butter.` The other ... Certain alloys of depleted uranium are also used in armour for tanks and other military vehicles. Because of its very high density, uranium metal is ... ...
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9. armour
   protective clothing with the ability to deflect or absorb arrows, spears, lances, swords, bullets, or other weapons that may be used against its ... [16 related articles]
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10. Armour
    Armour is American slang for weapons.
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11. Armour
    [disambiguation] Armour or armor (American spelling) has many meanings. They include ==Protective Clothing== Personal Armor, protective clothing for combat. == Military and naval == == Protection or technology == == Places == == People == == Organizations == == Media and culture== ...
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12. armour
    
    • protective covering made of metal and used in combat
    • tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
    
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13. armour
    a covering consisting of a metal tape(s) or wires, generally used to protect the cable from external mechanical effects
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14. Armour
    Armour is body protection worn in battle. The invention of gunpowder led, by degrees, to the virtual abandonment of armour until the Great War, when the helmet reappeared as a defence against shrapnel. Modern armour, used by the army, police, security guards, and people at risk from assassination, u...
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15. armour
    Click images to enlargeBody protection worn in battle. Body armour is depicted in Greek and Roman art. Chain mail was developed in the Middle Ages but the craft of the armourer in Europe reached its height in design in the 15th century, when knights were completely encased in plate armour that still allowed freedom of mov...
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