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  2. Rat-tail splice - Wikipedia

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    A rat-tail splice, also known as a twist splice or a pig-tail splice, is a basic electrical splice that can be done with both solid and stranded wire. It is made by taking two or more bare wires and wrapping them together symmetrically around the common axis of both wires.

  3. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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    Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .

  4. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    Tap tails are normally 1 ⁄ 2 " or 12 mm in diameter for sinks and 3 ⁄ 4 " or 19 mm for baths, although continental Europe sometimes uses a 3 ⁄ 8 " (still imperial) size. The same connection method is used for a ballcock. The term tap is widely used to describe the valve used to dispense draft beer from a keg, whether gravity feed or ...

  5. Crocodile clip - Wikipedia

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    Alligator clip A crocodile clip manufactured by Mueller Electric. This device is a variation of Dusinberre's original crocodile clip design Crocodile clips, also called automotive clips, on a set of jumper cables Three crocodile clips: a bare standard-sized clip; a miniature clip in a yellow plastic boot; a large red Square D multi-function clip

  6. Self-tapping screw - Wikipedia

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    Self-tapping screws can be divided into two classes: [3] those that displace material (especially plastic and thin metal sheets) without removing it, known as "thread-forming" self-tapping screws, and self-tappers with sharp cutting surfaces that remove the material as they are inserted, termed "thread-cutting" self-tapping screws.

  7. Lancelet - Wikipedia

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    The lancelets (/ ˈ l æ n s l ɪ t s, ˈ l ɑː n-/ LA(H)N-slits), also known as amphioxi (sg.: amphioxus / ˌ æ m f i ˈ ɒ k s ə s / AM-fee-OK-səs), consist of 32 described species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates [9] in the subphylum Cephalochordata, class Leptocardii, and family Branchiostomatidae.

  8. Trametes versicolor - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, owing to its shape being similar to that of a wild turkey's tail feathers, T. versicolor is most commonly referred to as turkey tail. [1] A similar-looking mushroom commonly called " false turkey tail " is from a different order ( Stereum ), and thus may sometimes be confused with the 'true' turkey tail mushroom, T. versicolor .

  9. Tails (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    Tails, or "The Amnesic Incognito Live System", is a security-focused Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity against surveillance. [5] It connects to the Internet exclusively through the anonymity network Tor . [ 6 ]