Block station

A banquet server's assigned area. Also refers to the individual buffet tables located throughout a reception area, with each table offering one food item or representing one ...

station

Weather; Meteorology

1. In science generally, a permanent or temporary location where scientific observations and measurements are made. In meteorology, several types of stations are officially ...

station

Jewelry; General jewelry

A piece of jewelry that features a repeat pattern wherein certain "stations" repeat. For example, on a necklace that features eight prong set blue sapphires and then a bezel set ...

station

Telecommunications; General telecom

One or more transmitters or receivers or a combination of transmitters and receivers, including the accessory equipment, necessary at one location for carrying on a ...

absolute blocking

Railways; Railroad

A control arrangement for rail traffic in which a track is divided into sections or blocks upon which a train may not enter until the preceding train has left.

gotthard base tunnel

Railways; Railroad

Currently the world's longest at 35.4-mile (57-kilometer), the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Swiss Alps was first conceived in 1947 by engineer Eduard Gruner. The project ...

Gotthard Base Tunnel

Railways; Railroad

Currently the world's longest at 35.4-mile (57-kilometer), the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Swiss Alps was first conceived in 1947 by engineer Eduard Gruner. The project ...

insulated switch

Railways; Railroad

A switch in which the fixtures, principally the gage plates and the switch rods connecting one rail to the other, are provided with insulation so that electric currents will not ...

turnout number

Railways; Railroad

The number corresponding to the number of frog used in a turnout.

insulating rail joint

Railways; Railroad

Sometimes called Insulated Joint. A rail joint designed to stop the flow of electric current from rail to rail, as at the end of a track circuit, by means of nonconductors so ...

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asperatus

A potential new type of cloud formation that manifests itself as a continuous set of waves in the sky. They are very rare, but they have appeared more ...