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  2. Self-cleaning oven - Wikipedia

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    The oven walls are coated with heat- and acid-resistant porcelain enamel. A self-cleaning oven is designed to stay locked until the high temperature process is completed. To prevent possible burn injuries, a mechanical interlock is used to keep the oven door locked and closed during and immediately after the high-temperature cleaning cycle ...

  3. Kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An emergency switch in Japan. On railways, [1] an emergency stop is a full application of the brakes in order to bring a train to a stop as quickly as possible. [2] This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains automatically, when the train has passed a red signal or the driver has failed to ...

  4. Whirlpool (1950 film) - Wikipedia

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    Whirlpool is a 1950 [1] [2] American film noir thriller directed by Otto Preminger and written by Ben Hecht and Andrew Solt, adapted from the 1946 novel Methinks the Lady... by Guy Endore. The film stars Gene Tierney , Richard Conte , José Ferrer and Charles Bickford , and features Constance Collier in her final film role.

  5. Shut-off nozzle - Wikipedia

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    Bolt Shut-off Nozzle type BHP - pneumatic or hydraulic actuation. A shut-off bolt, positioned perpendicular to the melt channel moves up and down according to actuation, and thus shuts off/opens the melt flow. This nozzle type has a single melt channel. It therefore does not require rerouting of the melt around the shut-off mechanism.

  6. Whirlpool - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Corryvreckan whirlpool in Scotland is the third-largest whirlpool in the world. A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. [1] [clarification needed] Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining.

  7. Active Fuel Management - Wikipedia

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    In both designs, half of the cylinders can be switched off under light loads. On July 21, 2008, General Motors unveiled the production version of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro . The Camaro SS with an automatic transmission features the GM L99 engine, a development of the LS3 with Active Fuel Management which allowed it to run on four cylinders ...

  8. Digital television transition - Wikipedia

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    Tanzania: Shut off the last of its analog signals in July 2014. Switched to DVB-T2 [46] [51] Tunisia: Digital broadcasts began in 2010, [52] using DVB-T, then since 2015, using DVB-T2. Analog television was turned off in June 2015. Uganda: Shut off analog signals in 2015. [53] Zambia: Analog shut off on 31 December

  9. Curb box - Wikipedia

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    A curb box (also known as a valve box, buffalo box, b-box, or in British English stopcock chamber) is a vertical cast iron sleeve, accessible from the public way, housing the shut-off valve (curb cock or curb stop) for a property's water service line.