Also, in this region, " box cutter " usually evokes only a specific subset of these knives ( the simpler type whose body consists only of a flat sleeve stamped from sheet steel ), and " pen knife " usually evokes only a folding pocket knife.

The axle box suspension usually consists of a spring between the bogie frame and axle bearings to permit up-and-down movement, and sliders to prevent lateral movement.

This usually consists of three new comic strips being run for a number of weeks and the readers can vote on which strips they prefer and the one that receives the most votes stays in the Beano.

Outside of Mexican-American communities, the term has been considered pejorative and takes on subjective view but usually consists of one or more of the following elements.

A carbohydrate is an organic compound that consists only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually with a hydrogen: oxygen atom ratio of 2: 1 ( as in water ); in other words, with the empirical formula.

The Lesson, as it is informally called, is compiled by a committee at The Mother Church, and is usually made up of six sections, each of which consists of passages from the Bible ( read by the Second Reader ) and passages from Science and Health ( read by the First Reader ).

It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.

An anchor rode ( or anchor line ) usually consists of chain or cable or both.

The settlement may also include – and usually primarily consists of – monetary compensation of damages.

In chemistry, a coordination complex or metal complex, consists of an atom or ion ( usually metallic ), and a surrounding array of bound molecules or anions, that are in turn known as ligands or complexing agents.

One loop of wire is usually referred to as a turn, and a coil consists of one or more turns.

A symbol input device usually consists of a number of switches that are polled at regular intervals to see which switches are pressed.

Ethiopian cuisine characteristically consists of spicy vegetable and meat dishes, usually in the form of wat ( or wot ), a thick stew, served atop injera, a large sourdough flatbread, which is about 50 centimeters ( 20 inches ) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour.

In American and Canadian football, a forward pass — usually referred to simply as a pass — consists of one offensive player throwing the football towards another downfield in the direction of the opponent's goal line.

Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County only consists of one municipality: Gotland Municipality.

Given both Einstein's equations and suitable equations for the properties of matter, such a solution consists of a specific semi-Riemannian manifold ( usually defined by giving the metric in specific coordinates ), and specific matter fields defined on that manifold.

Each codon consists of three nucleotide s, usually representing a single amino acid.

A perfect hash function for n keys is said to be minimal if its range consists of n consecutive integers, usually from 0 to n − 1.

In an organization, the hierarchy usually consists of a singular / group of power at the top with subsequent levels of power beneath them.

The substance of an indictment or other charging instrument is usually the same, regardless of the jurisdiction: it consists of a short and plain statement of where, when, and how the defendant allegedly committed the offense.

A team usually consists of four lines of three forwards, three pairs of defencemen and two goalies.

Shortform improv consists of short scenes usually constructed from a predetermined game, structure, or idea and driven by an audience suggestion.

This kiln usually consists of one long firing chamber, pierced with smaller stacking ports on one side, with a firebox at one end and a flue at the other.

They are usually bisexual and verticillastrate ( a flower cluster that looks like a whorl of flowers but actually consists of two crowded clusters ).

Lawn bowls is usually played on a large, rectangular, precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surface known as a bowling green which is divided into parallel playing strips called rinks.

These polls have been quite influential, as they indicate which strips the readers like best, and strips that have performed poorly in these polls were usually dropped.

Daily strips usually are printed in black and white, and Sunday strips are usually in color.

The strips are usually displayed horizontally, wider than they are tall.

Underground comic strips covered subjects that are usually taboo in newspaper strips, such as sex and drugs.

Many issues such as sex, narcotics and terrorism cannot or can very rarely be openly discussed in strips, although there are exceptions, usually for satire, as in Bloom County.

Frets are the metal strips ( usually nickel alloy or stainless steel ) embedded along the fingerboard and placed at points that divide the length of string mathematically.

Comic strips, also known as " cartoon strips " in the United Kingdom, are found daily in newspapers worldwide, and are usually a short series of cartoon illustrations in sequence.

Nonetheless, the creators of comic strips — as well as comic books and graphic novels — are usually referred to as " cartoonists ".

Since the shorts were produced during the rise of film noir in cinema, the change was usually represented as a stylized sequence: Clark Kent's silhouette is clearly seen behind a closed door's pebble glass window ( or a shadow thrown across a wall ) as he strips to his Superman costume.

Frets are metal strips ( usually nickel alloy or stainless steel ) embedded along the fretboard and located at exact points that divide the scale length in accordance with a specific mathematical formula.

Berglin's strips, usually in four panels, tend to find their humour in a sometimes absurd mix of everyday situations and literary and philosophical references or reflections.

The Neapolitan style, known as a round-back or bowl-back ( or " tater-bug ", colloquial American ) has a vaulted back made of a number of strips of wood in a bowl formation, similar to a lute, and usually a canted, two-plane, uncarved top.

Common dishes are: mashed potatoes, which are first boiled ( usually peeled ), and then mashed with milk or yogurt and butter ; whole baked potatoes ; boiled or steamed potatoes ; French-fried potatoes or chips ; cut into cubes and roasted ; scalloped, diced, or sliced and fried ( home fries ); grated into small thin strips and fried ( hash browns ); grated and formed into dumplings, Rösti or potato pancakes.

Some slide rules (" duplex " models ) have scales on both sides of the rule and slide strip, others on one side of the outer strips and both sides of the slide strip ( which can usually be pulled out, flipped over and reinserted for convenience ), still others on one side only (" simplex " rules ).

# emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips

While there are many variations in the recipe, it usually contains chicken strips in broth, onions, vegetables ( mainly carrots, cabbage and celery ), and macaroni noodles.