spring tide — n. 1. a type of tide that occurs at the time of a new moon or full moon: at these times the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower than the corresponding tides during neap tide because of the gravitational effects of the straight line… … English World dictionary
Spring pin — Slotted spring pin (1) and washer (2) used to secure a shaft (3). A spring pin is a mechanical fastener that secures the position of two or more parts of a machine relative to each other. Spring pins have a body diameter which is larger than the… … Wikipedia
Spring Vale Cemetery railway line, Melbourne — MelbourneClosedRailwayStation NAME= Spring Vale Cemetery LINE=Spring Vale Cemetery DISTANCE= 25km PLATFORMS= 1 TRACKS= 2 STATUS=Closed OPENED=February 7th, 1904 CLOSED=19 December, 1951 |The Spring Vale Cemetery railway line, in Melbourne,… … Wikipedia
spring clip — [1] A fastening device made of an incomplete circle of spring steel, e.g., for covers. [2] A rebound clip which holds the spring leaves of a leaf spring together and to keep them in alignment. [3] A fastener used to provide a screw hole for a… … Dictionary of automotive terms
Sequence alignment — In bioinformatics, a sequence alignment is a way of arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify regions of similarity that may be a consequence of functional, structural, or evolutionary relationships between the sequences.[1]… … Wikipedia
Structural alignment — is a form of sequence alignment based on comparison of shape. These alignments attempt to establish equivalences between two or more polymer structures based on their shape and three dimensional conformation. This process is usually applied to… … Wikipedia
Multiple sequence alignment — A multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is a sequence alignment of three or more biological sequences, generally protein, DNA, or RNA. In many cases, the input set of query sequences are assumed to have an evolutionary relationship by which they… … Wikipedia
Coital alignment technique — Woman and man engaging in coital alignment technique. The coital alignment technique sex position is a variant of the missionary position designed to maximize clitoral stimulation during coitus. This is achieved by combining the riding high… … Wikipedia
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U.S. Route 1 in Maryland — This article is about the section of U.S. Route 1 in Maryland. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 1. U.S. Route 1 … Wikipedia