crimping tool
A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
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critical angle
The angle of incidence beyond which light traveling through a medium experiences total internal reflection upon encountering a boundary with a less refractive medium.
critical taper
An equilibrial angle made by the far end of a body of wedge-shaped material being pushed by the near end.
critter
nounRail equipment
A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.
CRM
Initialism of cockpit resource management.
crochet
nounManufacturing
A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
crock
verbManufacturing
To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
crocodile squeezer
nounMetallurgy
A kind of jawed squeezer used for the expulsion of the cinder from, and the consolidation of, the puddled ball of metal.
crop
An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
crop rotation
A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.
cropmark
Any of the marks placed at the corners of a form to indicate where the page is to be trimmed.
cropping
An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
cross
nounSurveying
An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
cross junction
nounRail equipment
A location where two railroad tracks cross, without switches, as where different roads intersect.
cross lay
An arrangement of the fire hose on a fire engine for rapid deployment, involving storage of the hose perpendicularly across the fire apparatus, usually above or adjacent to the pump panel, so it can be pulled toward the fire without making a turn.
cross-bonding
A method to connect power cable by crossing the return conductors between phases to increase cable current rating and reduce electrical losses on the cable sheath.
cross-border ticket
A multi-sector airline ticket, issued for travel from a place that the passenger does not intend to fly from, in order to get a lower fare.
cross-course
A vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
cross-halving joint
nounCarpentry
A joint used for intermediate framework where half the thickness is removed from both pieces of timber where they cross.
cross-platform
adjectiveRail equipment
That takes place between two trains in different platforms, usually across an island platform.
cross-sill
nounRail equipment
A railroad sleeper lying under the rails transversely as a support to the stringer.
cross-spall
nounManufacturing
One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.
cross-tie
nounRail equipment
A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
crossatron
A high-power pulsed modulator device, a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines useful features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power semiconductor switches.
crossband
adjectiveManufacturing
Left-handed or "S shaped", with individual fibers oriented down and to the right when the thread, yarn, or rope is vertical.
crossbar switch
A matrix of switches with multiple input and output lines that form a crossed pattern between which a connection may be established by closing a switch located at each intersection.
crosscut
A tunnel or level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another through the country rock.
crosscut saw
A saw used to cut wood across the grain.
crossed line
situation when portions of a second call are audible to persons on a telephone connection.
crosshead
A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
crossheading
A narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages.
crossing keeper
nounRail equipment
A member of railway staff who looks after a level crossing.
crossover
The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
crosstalk
Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
crotchline
nounManufacturing
The line of a garment around the crotch.
crow's foot
nounManufacturing
A triangular embroidery stitch.
crowbarred
adjectiveIndustrial electronics
Equipped with a crowbar circuit.
crowd
To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
crown
A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
crown molding
nounWoodworking
A molding at the edge of a room between the ceiling and the wall.
CRT
A display device using a cathode ray tube, such as early televisions or monitors.
cruise
To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
cruising lane
nounAutomotive
On a multilane road, the right lane, intended for driving at a slower pace.
crunch
verbAutomotive
To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
crushed
adjectiveManufacturing
Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
crushed velvet
A lustrous velvet with a patterned appearance, produced by pressing or twisting the fabric in different directions.
crut
A cross-measure tunnel or drift.
crutter
A worker who drills blasting holes, prepares the explosive charge, and removes blasted rock.
cryptocrystalline
adjectiveMining and extraction
Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
crystal set
An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.
CS
Initialism of circuit-switched.
CSD
Initialism of circuit switched data.
CSM
Initialism of command and service module.
CSP
Initialism of communications service provider (“telecommunications company or telco”).
CSS
Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
CSX
nameAutomotive
A Chrysler and Carroll Shelby car that was manufactured from 1987 to 1989
CTC
nounRail equipment
Initialism of centralised/centralized traffic control.
CTI
Initialism of Computer Telephony Integration.
cube
Clipping of cubic inch(es).
cubie
A five-gallon, boxed, plastic bag of drinking water used by firefighters.