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Table 4.2.2
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Pronunciation
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Subdomain (1st level): |
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Papermaking |
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Subdomain (2nd level): |
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Paper web manufacture |
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Subdomain (3rd level): |
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Sheet formation |
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Grammatical category: |
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Complex term |
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Grammar notes: |
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Countable |
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Definition: |
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Type of twin-wire former in which the headbox slice jet impinges into the converging gap between two wires that are immediately carried around a roll (or rolls). The roll may be solid, in which case the initial drainage is one-sided; or depending on design, a suction roll may be employed. |
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Definition source: |
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EN 9 |
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Context: |
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In Section 9.3.4 a comparison of a roll former with a blade former showed how the roll former produced slightly inferior formation but greater retention. |
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Context source: |
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EN 48 |
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Attestation: |
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2 |
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Co-hyponyms: |
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Blade former, Roll-blade former |
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Hyperonyms: |
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Twin wire former |
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It:
Roll former
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Degree of reliability IT:
3
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Fr:
Roll former
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Degree of reliability FR:
2
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