Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
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Samankaltaisia sanoja
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (nautical) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
- (electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.
Esimerkit
- We toiled over the capstan, and late in the afternoon slipped out of the harbour.
- Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | capstans |