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Rack (climbing), the set of equipment carried up a climb; Rack, a slang term for money, specifically £1,000; Rack (billiards) or triangle, a frame for placing billiard balls in their starting positions; Rack (torture) Rack of ribs, a cut of meat; Rack of lamb, a cut of meat; Rack-rent, a type of property rent; Rack, a slang term for a women's ...
The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, [1] with a roller at one or both ends. The victim's ankles are fastened to one roller and the wrists are chained to the other.
Rack with sample component sizes including an A/V half-rack unit. A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (44.45 mm). [1] [2] It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames, whereby the height of the frame or equipment is expressed ...
A diamond-shaped wooden nine-ball rack, racker's view: 1 ball in front, 9 ball centered.. In nine-ball, the basic principles are the same as detailed in the eight-ball section above, but only balls 1 through 9 are used; the 1 ball is always placed at the rack's apex (because in nine-ball every legal shot, including the break, must strike the lowest numbered ball first) over the table's foot ...
A rack and pinion has roughly the same purpose as a worm gear with a rack replacing the gear, in that both convert torque to linear force. However the rack and pinion generally provides higher linear speed — since a full turn of the pinion displaces the rack by an amount equal to the pinion's pitch circle whereas a full rotation of the worm screw only displaces the rack by one tooth width.
The ETSI rack is defined by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETS 300 119). The distance of the right edge of the right mounting rail to the left edge of the left mounting rail is 535 millimetres (21.1 in). As 535 mm is very close to 21 inches, these racks are sometimes called 21-inch racks. The gap between the posts is 500 ...
U-rack: Staple, Sheffield rack: Basic bike rack that is used in urban areas because it can be placed along sidewalks without taking too much space away from pedestrians. [12] U-rack bolted to the ground. Unknown location. Massed ranks of U-racks at Cambridge Leisure Park, Cambridge, England: Wave: Serpentine: The wave is an extension of the U-Rack.
This is a list of rack railways, both operating and closed. Angola. Lengue gorge. [1] on Benguela railway – 1906. [2] 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. Argentina.