Look up: armour

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   Armour
   Armour is a protective covering.
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   Armour
   Armour is body protection worn in battle. The invention of gunpowder led, by degrees, to the virtual abandonment of armour until World War I, when the helmet reappeared as a defence against shrapnel. Modern armour, used by the army, police, security guards, and people at risk from assassination, uses nylon and fibreglass and is often worn beneath clothing.
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   Armour
   Armour is a city in Douglas County South Dakota, USA.
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   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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   Armour
   A strong covering worn to protect the body from injury. See CHAIN MAIL
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   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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   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 • (of a cable) a covering consisting of metal tapes or wires used to protect the cable from external m...
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   Armour
   `Armour` or `armor` (see spelling differences) is protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers. Armour has been used throughout recorded history, beginning with hides, leather, and bone, before progressing to bronze, then steel during the Roman Era, to modern fabrics such as Kevlar, Dyneema and ceramics. Armour was also commonly used to protect war...
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   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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    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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    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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    armour
    
    1. protective covering made of metal and used in combat
    2. tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
    
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    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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