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    Control rods are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of the nuclear fuel – uranium or plutonium. Their compositions include chemical...
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  • up rod or Rod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up ród, röd, rød, or roð in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rod, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or...
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    technical context. Scram is sometimes cited as being an acronym for safety control rod axe man or safety cut rope axe man. This was supposedly coined by Enrico...
    14 KB (1,866 words) - 18:24, 7 July 2024
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    Rod R. Blagojevich (/bləˈɡɔɪ.əvɪtʃ/ blə-GOY-ə-vitch; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who...
    111 KB (10,682 words) - 02:00, 2 November 2024
  • 1949. Interviewed for the BBC Radio 2 documentary The Invisible Man: the Rod Temperton Story, he said that he was a musician from an early age: "My father...
    34 KB (2,229 words) - 23:51, 14 September 2024
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    said that the power decreased to 30 MW when switching between automatic rod control systems. This didn't mean any negative consequences. There are no units...
    19 KB (1,870 words) - 01:44, 2 November 2024
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    generally have the line stored in a reel mounted at the rod handle, which is hand-cranked and controls the line retrieval, as well as numerous line-restricting...
    45 KB (6,722 words) - 15:37, 12 July 2024
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    A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning...
    49 KB (6,249 words) - 09:49, 2 November 2024
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    Hildred, Rod Stewart: The New Biography, p. 41. Gray, Rod Stewart: The Visual Documentary, p. 14. Nelson and Bangs, Rod Stewart, p. 61. Pidgeon, Rod Stewart...
    126 KB (13,773 words) - 23:48, 9 November 2024
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    rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting rod...
    18 KB (1,998 words) - 08:29, 18 September 2024
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    Dowsing (redirect from Divining rod)
    (in the United States). A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones, called dowsing rods or divining rods are normally used, and the motion of these...
    55 KB (6,042 words) - 06:20, 2 November 2024
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    later became a butcher after the Great Depression forced the store to close. Rod had an older brother, novelist and aviation writer Robert J. Serling.: 23 ...
    91 KB (10,596 words) - 23:51, 9 November 2024
  • called Hypervelocity Rod Bundles was that of 20-foot-long (6.1 m), 1-foot-diameter (0.30 m) tungsten rods that are satellite-controlled and have global strike...
    17 KB (1,898 words) - 00:18, 1 November 2024
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    single bushing does not control the arm from moving back and forth; this motion is constrained by a separate link or radius rod. This is in contrast to...
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    Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed...
    20 KB (2,129 words) - 22:44, 3 November 2024
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    the Black Rod is an official in the parliaments of several countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The title is often shortened to Black Rod, and in some...
    36 KB (3,737 words) - 04:02, 8 November 2024
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    Harley-Davidson VRSC (redirect from V-Rod)
    The Night Rod was introduced in 2006 as the “new hot rod-inspired motorcycle” built around the Revolution engine. The Night Rod has mid controls similar...
    21 KB (2,567 words) - 08:48, 2 October 2024
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    at 9:01 pm MST, an operator fully pulled out the reactor's central control rod, causing the reactor to go from fully shut down to prompt critical. The...
    66 KB (8,324 words) - 21:33, 12 November 2024
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    or four valves per cylinder) Connecting rod length : 137 mm Connecting rod big end diameter : 45 mm Fuel Control : OBD2b Head Code : P2J-07 ECU Code: P2J...
    58 KB (8,685 words) - 05:29, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
    The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is a guitar amplifier manufactured and sold by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It was introduced in 1996 as part...
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