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A single-acting cylinder in a reciprocating engine is a cylinder in which the working fluid acts on one side of the piston only. A single-acting cylinder relies on the load, springs, other cylinders, or the momentum of a flywheel, to push the piston back in the other direction. Single-acting cylinders are found in most kinds of reciprocating ...
When three players are available, modified rules can accommodate the mismatch so that the single player does not have to be significantly better than the doubles team. The only major rule variation between Canadian doubles and traditional doubles tennis is that the team of two players can only hit the ball within the singles lines, whilst the ...
To strengthen a single dissociation, a researcher can establish a "double dissociation", a term that was introduced by Hans-Lukas Teuber in 1955. [2] This is the demonstration that two experimental manipulations each have different effects on two dependent variables; if one manipulation affects the first variable and not the second, the other manipulation affects the second variable and not ...
The reason for the two types of Gloucester cheese being called 'double' and 'single' is not known. The main theories are: because the creamy milk had to be skimmed twice to make the double variety, or; because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, or; because a Double Gloucester cheese is typically twice the height. [10] [11]
A double reed [1] is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments.In contrast with a single reed instrument, where the instrument is played by channeling air against one piece of cane which vibrates against the mouthpiece and creates a sound, a double reed features two pieces of cane vibrating against each other.
Single ring infiltrometer Double ring infiltrometer. An infiltrometer is a device used to measure the rate of water infiltration into soil or other porous media. [1] Commonly used infiltrometers are single-ring and double-ring infiltrometers, disc permeameters, and falling head infiltrometers.
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The prime symbol ′ is commonly used to represent feet (ft), and the double prime ″ is used to represent inches (in). [2] The triple prime ‴, as used in watchmaking, represents a ligne (1 ⁄ 12 of a "French" inch, or pouce, about 2.26 millimetres or 0.089 inches).