Freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets. Synonyms:Pseudemys scripta, yellow-bellied terrapin.
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A fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown.
... switch in the oscillator circuit and so start the oscillations that the sliding contact is at o as shown. Corresponding to that strength of signal there is a certain value of current through the receiver winding at the other station. Now let us move the slider, first to a and then back to b and so on, back and forth. You see what will happen. We alternately make the current in the antenna larger and smaller than it originally was. When the slider is at b there is more of the fine wire in series ... — Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son • John Mills
... This discovery is likely, I think, to extend the resources and the application of photography,—and with some modifications, which I will explain, to increase the power of reproduction to an almost unlimited amount. The plan is as follows:—The negative to be reproduced is placed in a slider at one end (a) of a camera or other box, constructed to exclude the light throughout. The surface prepared for the reception of the positive—whether albumen, collodion, or paper—is placed in another slider, as usual, ... — Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 • Various
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