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  • 11Upsetting thermometer — Up*set ting ther*mom e*ter A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 12upsetting lever — Naval Archit. the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat. * * * …

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  • 13upsetting moment — Naval Archit. the moment of an upsetting couple. Also called capsizing moment. * * * …

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  • 14upsetting control — trikdomasis poveikis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. disturbance; perturbation action; upsetting control vok. störende Einwirkung, f; Störgröße, f; Störungswirkung, f rus. возмущающее воздействие, n pranc. action perturbatrice, f …

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  • 15upsetting lever — Naval Archit. the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat …

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  • 16upsetting moment — Naval Archit. the moment of an upsetting couple. Also called capsizing moment …

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  • 17upsetting — Synonyms and related words: agitating, annoying, baffling, bewildering, bothering, bothersome, breathtaking, chafing, charged, cliff hanging, confounding, confusing, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, disquieting, distracting, distressful,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18upsetting — Смотри Осадка …

    Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии

  • 19upsetting — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Troubling to the mind or emotions: disquieting, disruptive, distressful, distressing, disturbing, intrusive, perturbing, troublesome, troublous, unsettling, worrisome. See HAPPY, PAIN …

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  • 20upsetting — working a piece of steel so that its length is shortened and its cross sectional area is increased. Its effect is to increase ductility in the radial and tangential directions …

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