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top end

n
(Automotive Engineering) (in vertical engines) another name for little end1

Top End

n
(Placename) the Top End Austral the northern part of the Northern Territory
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They rushed into their short new tunnel, and hid themselves at the top end of it, under Mr.
It seemed a complicated job, but I accomplished it at length, and then came the question, which was the top end?
The top end of the Town water again produced the winning weight, this time at Peg 2 where Gloucester visitor Steve Partington booked himself a place in the big August final with 20-10-0 of bream and chub.
Taylor woodrow yesterday said it was on course to hit the top end of profits hopes, helped by a resilient trading performance in the United States.
Lightweight lines: Top End Racing Series, Top End Basketball Series, Top End Tennis Series, Top End Everyday Series
(FYI: A comparable gray cast iron engine would weigh 40 to 50% more--which might have an effect on the Turbo reaching its top end of ~165 mph [not that anyone would off the autobahn, of course].) The machining is being done on a 30-station line that was developed in cooperation with Grob-Werke (Mindelheim, Germany).
The firm has expanded its Tuparl line (called the Eclipse series in the U.S.) of two-stage injection presses on both the bottom and top end of the range with new 5.5- and 715-ton models.
The Top End OLTP monitor BEA bought from NCR Corp's being melded in the Tuxedo software licensed from Novell Inc.
Apartments will feature hand-laid wood flooring, oversized double-paned super insulated windows, tiled bathrooms, high-end bathroom fixtures, tiled kitchen floors and top end appliances.
Finally, a robust upper right arm bone with its ends chewed off, perhaps by a hyena prior to fossilization, preserves two large grooves for muscle attachments near its top end. Such shoulder muscles offer powerful assistance in motions such as hoisting the body with the arms.