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  2. Occupational prestige - Wikipedia

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    Occupational prestige results from the consensual rating of a job - based on the belief of that job's worthiness. The term prestige itself refers to the admiration and respect that a particular occupation holds in a society. Occupational prestige is prestige independent of particular individuals who occupy a job.

  3. Rating plate - Wikipedia

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    For an electric machine, the power rating is the number on its rating plate and corresponds to a maximum electric load it can carry. There is a distinction between the continuous rating (for generators, continuous maximum rating or CMR [ 2 ] ), at which the machine can be operational without a time limit and short-term rating that can only be ...

  4. Power rating - Wikipedia

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    The service factor is typically in the 1.15-1.4 range, with the figure being lower for higher-power motors. For every hour of operation at the service-factor-adjusted power rating, a motor loses two to three hours of life at nominal power, i.e. its service life is reduced to less than half for continued operation at this level.

  5. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    Citing measurements made at the 1926 Iowa State Fair, they reported that the peak power over a few seconds has been measured to be as high as 14.88 hp (11.10 kW) [12] and also observed that for sustained activity, a work rate of about 1 hp (0.75 kW) per horse is consistent with agricultural advice from both the 19th and 20th centuries and also ...

  6. List of United States Coast Guard ratings - Wikipedia

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    The rating was officially established January 1, 2010 when 1,053 active duty and 988 reserve members transitioned from existing ratings and became maritime enforcement specialists. The new rating is designed to enhance the Coast Guard's capabilities as America's maritime guardians and support the Coast Guard's modernization goal of developing a ...

  7. Subsidy Scorecards: Eastern Kentucky University

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    SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Eastern Kentucky University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.

  8. List of most powerful locomotives - Wikipedia

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    10,433 horsepower (7,780 kW) 1-hour rating; 9,977 horsepower (7,440 kW) continuous rating One of the most powerful electric locomotives ever built, it also is the most powerful (short term) single-frame locomotive ever built (currently [ when? ] its maximum short term power is limited to 12,000 horsepower (8,948 kW )); It has immense short term ...

  9. Grinding machine - Wikipedia

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    Rotating abrasive wheel on a bench grinder. Pedal-powered grinding machine, Russia, 1902. A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is any of various power tools or machine tools used for grinding. It is a type of material removal using an abrasive wheel as the cutting tool. [1]