trip odometer
nounAutomotive
A part of an odometer capable of recording the distance traveled during a short trip by allowing its readout to be reset to zero.
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trip out
To break a circuit in response to an overload.
trip slip
nounRail equipment
A strip of paper on which a conductor must punch a hole when a fare is taken.
trip-switch
A device to halt the current flow, a cut-out or trip.
tripcock
nounRail equipment
A train-mounted safety device which interacts with a trackside device to stop a train automatically if it passes a signal at danger (showing a red light).
triple
Short for triple combination engine.
triple combination engine
A fire engine equipped with a water tank, a high-capacity pump, and a hose.
triple valve
In railway air braking systems, a valve that performs three functions.
tripler
The simplest form of frequency multiplier, that has an output frequency of three times the value of the input frequency.
trogue
A wooden trough forming a drain.
trombone
To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.
trommel
A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
trouble
A fault or interruption in a stratum.
trough
A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
TRT
Initialism of Transportation Research Thesaurus.
trub
nounManufacturing
The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
truck
nounRail equipment
A railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods.
truck camper
nounAutomotive
Any recreational vehicle that may be carried in the bed of a pickup truck.
truck roll
The dispatching of service personnel to a client's location (as opposed to remotely addressing an issue)
truckbed
nounAutomotive
The bed (load-supporting platform) of a truck.
truckie
A firefighter who works from a fire truck.
truité
adjectiveIndustrial ceramics
Having a delicately crackled surface.
trumpeting
A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.
trunk
A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
trunk call
a long-distance telephone call, especially one connected by the operator
trunk line
nounRail equipment
A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.
trunk piston
In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.
trunklid
nounAutomotive
The lid of the trunk of a car.
trunkline
Any road under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Transportation.
trunnion
nounAutomotive
A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions.
try-miter square
nounCarpentry
A joinery tool that can be used as a standard 90 degree try square and also as a 45 degree miter square.
try-off
nounMetallurgy
A test for clearance, bearings, and metal thickness of a mold.
trypograph
An early machine for printing by the use of paper stencils.
TS
nounSurveying
Initialism of total station.
TST
nameRail equipment
The station code of Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong.
TSTO
adjectiveAviation maintenance
Initialism of two-stage to orbit.
TTC
Initialism of Toronto Transit Commission.
TTFT
Initialism of transparent thin-film transistor (TFT).
TTL
Initialism of transistor, transistor logic.
tub
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
tubbing
A lining of timber or metal around a mineshaft, which is watertight, used to safely penetrate quicksand, water, etc. It can be made of various materials, such as wood, concrete, or cast iron.
tuck
nounManufacturing
A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
tuck pointing
nounConstruction
The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.
tuffite
A rock predominantly but not solely composed of pyroclastic fragments.
tug
An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
tumbler tank
nounPlumbing
A flush-tank in which water gathers in one chamber before being tilted over so as to discharge its contents.
tunnel
A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
turban
nounManufacturing
A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
turbo yeast
nounManufacturing
A mixture of fast-acting brewer's yeast and yeast nutrients that allows the fermentation of drinks with high alcohol content.
turbojet
A jet engine that develops thrust solely from high-speed exhaust gases expelled from a turbine that drives a compressor.
turbosupercharger
A turbocharger, an exhaust-powered turbine used to power increased air intake to an internal combustion engine; an exhaust-turbine powered (in place of engine-powered) supercharger.
turbulence
Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
Turing switch
A logical construction modelling the operation of the network switch, just as in theoretical computer science a Turing machine models the operation of a computer.
turn
To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
turn in
To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
turn signal
nounAutomotive
Each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which is used to indicate the vehicle is moving left or right.
turn up
To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).
turn-by-turn navigation
A feature of GPS devices, particularly smartphones, that continuously gives directions as the person or vehicle approaches navigation points.
turn-off time
The amount of time between the moment the anode current reaches zero and the moment the reverse voltage due to the practical circuit reaches zero.
turn-on time
The amount of time required for a device to change from a forward blocking mode to a forward conduction mode when a gate pulse is applied.