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Lapping machine. Lapping is a machining process in which two surfaces are rubbed together with an abrasive between them, by hand movement or using a machine.. Lapping often follows other subtractive processes with more aggressive material removal as a first step, such as milling and/or grinding.
Richard John Neuhaus distinguished between Catholic and Protestant ideas of what it means to be "lapsed" by quoting G.K. Chesterton, who remarked that a Protestant typically says he is a good Protestant, while a Catholic typically says he is a bad Catholic. For many, being a lapsed Catholic is just another way of being a Catholic.
A lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar played in a sitting position with the instrument placed horizontally across the player's knees. [5] The lap can be a useful surface for carrying out tasks when a table is not available. [6] The laptop computer was so named because it was seen as being able to be used on the user's lap. [7]
Lap joints can be used to join wood, plastic, or metal. A lap joint can be used in woodworking for joining wood together. A lap joint may be a full lap or half lap. In a full lap, no material is removed from either of the members that will be joined, resulting in a joint which is the combined thickness of the two members.
The non-narrative feature film Koyaanisqatsi (1983) contained time-lapse images of clouds, crowds, and cities filmed by cinematographer Ron Fricke. Years later, Ron Fricke produced a solo project called Chronos shot using IMAX cameras. Fricke used the technique extensively in the documentary Baraka (1992) which he photographed on Todd-AO film.
Lap may also refer to: One circuit in a speed sport, e.g. around a race track or swimming pool; Lapping or "to lap", an abrasive machining process; Lap joint, a technique for joining two materials; Laps, Puy-de-Dôme, France; People with surname Lap: Geert Lap (born 1951), Dutch ceramist
To do this, the runner must run the same split for every lap (or other distance considered a split) to hit the time. [7] For example, if a runner wants to finish a 1600-meter race in 4:40, on a 400-meter track, the runner would have to hit 70 seconds a lap, with each lap counting as a split to achieve this goal.
At common law, lapse occurs when the beneficiary or the devisee under the will predeceases the testator, invalidating the gift.The gift would instead revert to the residuary estate or be granted under the law of intestate succession.