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triangulation collapse: a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated; a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation

telephone collapse: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"; transmitting speech at a distance

radio station collapse: station for the production and transmission of radio broadcasts

scanning collapse: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission; the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

radar collapse: measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

phone collapse: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

receiver collapse: set that receives radio or tv signals; a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

Yellow Pages collapse: a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising

mouthpiece collapse: the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly; the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth; an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks; (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth; a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator"; a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

source book collapse: a collection of historically important documents published together as a book

polyglot collapse: having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages"

studbook collapse: official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses

component collapse: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"; an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

handbook collapse: a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

reference book collapse: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

encyclopedia collapse: a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

casebook collapse: a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work; according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"

long distance collapse: a telephone call made outside the local calling area; "I talked to her by long distance"

studio collapse: workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph"; workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded

stargazer collapse: heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head

checklist collapse: a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted

astronomy collapse: the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

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