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BreakerThe quick collapse of an overextended water wave as it approaches the shoreline. The collapse occurs when the ratio of wave height to wavelength exceeds 1:7. This phenomenon also produces swash.
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BreakerA chemical that reduces the viscosity of a fluid by breaking long-chain molecules into shorter segments. Drilling fluids are commonly emulsified or contain long-chain molecules that have sufficient vi [..]
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Breaker"heavy ocean wave," 1680s, agent noun from break (v.). Related: Breakers.
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Breakerbreaking wave.
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Breakera wave that collapses forward near the shoreline as the shoaling sea bottom makes it top-heavy. It collapses when the ratio of its height to its wavelength passes 1:7. Breccia: coarse sedimentary rock composed of sharp, angular rock fragments cemented together. Contrast with Conglomerate. Brine: seawater with a salinity greater than 35 parts per th [..]
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Breakern. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
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Breakeran overextended wave which then collapses sending water forward. Occurs when sea waves enter shallow water and are slowed at their base by friction.
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BreakerA person who breaks up books to sell the plates separately, or the book itself when the covers are so bad that it either has to be rebound or broken up.
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BreakerUncoiler rolls through which the strip passes; composed of a mandrel and leveling rolls which unwind the strip prior to processing through the Pickler. Breaker rolls assist in breaking up the Hot Mill [..]
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BreakerA worker in the a processing plant who separates the carcass into wholesale, primal and subprimal cuts.
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BreakerA sea-surface wave which has become too steep to be stable. Waves in shoaling water become higher and shorter (hence steeper) as the water becomes shallower. When the steepness (ratio of wave height t [..]
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Breakertypographical device, such as crosshead, to break up text on the page
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Breaker(n) a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone(n) waves breaking on the shore(n) a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
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BreakerA WAVE that has become so steep that the crest of the WAVE topples forward, moving faster than the main body of the WAVE. Breakers may be roughly classified into four kinds, although there is much overlap (see Figure 2):
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BreakerA wave that has reached maximum steepness and is breaking.
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Breaker - See "Circuit breaker".
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BreakerA switch-like device that connects/disconnects power to a circuit.
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BreakerA wave that has become so steep that the crest of the wave topples forward, moving faster than the main body of the wave. Breakers may be roughly classified into four kinds, although there is much ove [..]
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BreakerA heat activated electrical device used to open an electrical circuit to protect it from excessive current flow.
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BreakerA small cask for fresh water carried in ship's boats. A sea (wave) with a curl on the crest.
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BreakerA small cask for fresh water carried in ship’s boats. A sea (wave) with a curl on the crest.
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BreakerA wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in
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BreakerA heat-activated electrical device used to open an electrical circuit to protect it from excessive current flow.
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BreakerShort for circuit breaker.
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Breaker
Something that breaks.
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
The building in which such a machine is placed.
A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat [..]
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