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  • 111Set Dressing — F/A/V Items of decoration which are not designated in the script or by the director as part of specific action. (Production) …

    Audio and video glossary

  • 112action to quiet title — One in which plaintiff asserts his own estate and declares generally that defendant claims some estate in the land, without defining it, and avers that the claim is without foundation, and calls on defendant to set forth the nature of his claim,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 113action to quiet title — One in which plaintiff asserts his own estate and declares generally that defendant claims some estate in the land, without defining it, and avers that the claim is without foundation, and calls on defendant to set forth the nature of his claim,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 114set-up — [1] Premature vulcanization of a rubber compound during processing or storage. [2] The action of a gel like substance which goes from a liquid to a rubbery solid or when a paste turns solid …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 115set trigger — noun 1. : a trigger on a rifle that may be adjusted for the amount of pressure required to pull it 2. : one of a pair of triggers on some rifles that sets the action so that a very light pull on the second trigger will fire the piece …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 116Semigroup action — In algebra and theoretical computer science, an action or act of a semigroup on a set is a rule which associates to each element of the semigroup a transformation of the set in such a way that the product of two elements of the semigroup (using… …

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  • 117Wandering set — In those branches of mathematics called dynamical systems and ergodic theory, the concept of a wandering set formalizes a certain idea of movement and mixing in such systems. When a dynamical system has a wandering set of non zero measure, then… …

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  • 118impact action fuze — A fuze that is set in action by the striking of a projectile or bomb against an object, e.g., percussion fuze, contact fuze. Also called direct action fuze …

    Military dictionary

  • 119To set a gin — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 120To set a saw — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English