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  2. Electric strike - Wikipedia

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    There are specialty electric strikes that hold the electric strike keeper open until the door with the extended deadbolt closes back into the electric strike to "recapture" the extended deadbolt. Mortise type locksets tend towards larger projecting latches from the door to engage deeper in the frame, and electric strikes used for these locking ...

  3. Switch - Wikipedia

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    Switch and relay contacts are usually made of springy metals. When the contacts strike together, their momentum and elasticity act together to cause them to bounce apart one or more times before making steady contact. The result is a rapidly pulsed electric current instead of a clean transition from zero to full current.

  4. Spare part - Wikipedia

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    A spare tire mounted at the rear of a Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck as an example of a repairable spare part. In logistics, spare parts can be broadly classified into two groups, repairables and consumables. Economically, there is a tradeoff between the cost of ordering a replacement part and the cost of repairing a failed part. When the cost ...

  5. Glossary of locksmithing terms - Wikipedia

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    The strike plate protects the jamb against friction from the bolt and increases security in the case of a jamb made of a softer material (such as wood) than the strike plate. Some strike plates have their hole size and placement calculated so a spring-bolt extends into the hole, but an adjacent anti-retraction device remains depressed ...

  6. Candlepin bowling - Wikipedia

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    If a player fells all ten pins in a single box with two or less throws (just as in tenpins) bonuses are awarded for a strike or spare. A strike is achieved with just the first delivery downing all ten pins, with a spare needing two throws, again just as in the tenpin sport. In a strike, the bonus for a box adds 10 plus the amount of pins felled ...

  7. Cat Mom Hilariously Explains Difference Between ... - AOL

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    “For cats, primary humans are adored, and spare humans are to be tolerated,” says the very spare human in this video. But just because you are not a cat’s favorite person doesn’t mean you ...

  8. Tenpin bowling - Wikipedia

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    A strike is 30 pins, regardless of ensuing rolls' results. A spare is 10 pins, plus the pinfall on first roll of the current frame. An open frame is the total pinfall of the current frame. The maximum score is 300, achieved with ten consecutive strikes (as opposed to twelve in traditional scoring), but with no bonus pins received in the tenth ...

  9. Silver Strike Bowling - Wikipedia

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    Silver Strike Bowling is an arcade game that mimics ten-pin bowling on a monitor corresponding to a player's trackball control. The game shares similar technology with Golden Tee Golf , an arcade golf game: both are produced by Arlington Heights, Illinois-based Incredible Technologies , Inc. ("IT.")