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| Domain | Definition |
Physics | More or less complex systems of pulleys and cables, chains, ropework, etc. , designed to give a mechanical advantage to facilitate lifting. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A combination of sheaves over which chains are arranged in the same manneras the rope in a block and tackle. Also called chain hoist. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chain block | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CHAIN BLOCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | talje (thallium, waist, waistline), flasketraek (chain hoist, hoist, pulley tackle). (various references) | |
Dutch | takel (block and fall, chain hoist, hoist, pulley tackle, purchase, rigging of blocks, tackle). (various references) | |
French | palan (chain hoist). (various references) | |
German | Flaschenzug (hoist, pulley). (various references) | |
Greek | παλάγκο (purchase), πολύσπαστο (chain hoist, hoist, pulley tackle). (various references) | |
Italian | paranco (pulley, purchase, tackle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainchay ockblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | talha (garnet, gin, jigger, pulley, tally). (various references) | |
Spanish | polipasto (block and fall, block and falls, chain hoist, hoist, pulley tackle, rigging of blocks, tackle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-h-i-k-l-n-o" | |
-3 letters: chicano, coalbin, conchal, conical, hobnail, laconic. | |
-4 letters: albino, alnico, blanch, boccia, bonaci, calico, calkin, clinch, clonic, cocain, cochin, concha, kaolin, kiblah, lochan, lochia, oilcan. | |
-5 letters: aboil, acock, aloin, bacon, banco, binal, black, blain, blank, blink, block, bocci, cabin, chain, chalk, chiao, chick, chico, china, chink, chino, chock, cibol, cinch, clach, clack, clank, click. | |
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