Look up: spacer

1. Spacer
   A pressure containing peice of equipment used to connect and provide separation between other peices of equipment.
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2. spacer
   a sleeve or broad ring placed on a shaft between two coaxial pieces in order to hold them apart Category: Mechanical engineering • piece of metal foil used as packing to obtain accurate spacing between two parts Category: Transport • small diameter bobbin inserted between pri...
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3. Spacer
   [Asimov] In Isaac Asimov`s Foundation/Empire/Robot series, the Spacers were the first humans to emigrate to space. About a millennium thereafter, they severed political ties with Earth, and embraced low population growth and extreme longevity (with lifespans reaching 400 years) as a means fo...
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4. Spacer
   A hub placed between reels on rewinders to keep the reels in the proper position to feed into, or take up from, a synchronizer. (Film Editing)
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5. Spacer
   A metal cylinder with a flat plate at one end and a hole through the center, used between reels on the spindle of a rewind to space out the reels the same distance as the gangs of a synchronizer. Although it is a little shorter, in a pinch you can use cores as spacers
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6. spacer
   device made of insulating material intended to maintain the spacing between electrodes
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7. spacer
   a device which keeps the sub-conductors of a bundle in a given geometrical configuration
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8. spacer
   component of a cell made of insulating material intended to maintain the spacing between plates of opposite polarity or between the plate pack and the case
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9. spacer
   member which separates two adjacent objects to prevent their contact NOTE 1 - In a coil or cable, the spacer is usually located between wires, winding layers or sectioning coils to prevent their thermal and electrical contact. NOTE 2 - It is often formed from a glass-fibre-reinforced-plastics (GFRP), ceramics etc.
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10. spacer
    Type: Term Pronunciation: spā′sĕr Definitions: 1. A device attached to a metered-dose inhaler that aids delivery of inhaled medications. Synonyms: extension tube, holding chamber
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