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 ).

ground meats are usually prepared from scrap meats at the local level, whereas irradiation at economic volumes of production would require central processing and distribution facilities.

A central ritual of Ásatrú is the sumbel, a drinking-ritual in which a drinking horn full of mead or ale is passed around and a series of toasts are made, usually to gods, ancestors, and / or heroes of the religion.

This usually takes the form of a list of enemies with short descriptions ( e. g. the Metroid Prime and Castlevania games, as well as Dark Cloud and Final Fantasy ) and may even be central to the plot ( Pokemon series ).

In northern and central Sardinia, the dance is lively and animated with leaps and agile movements and usually accompanied by a choir of three or more singers in the center of the circle.

Throughout the colonial period, large areas of Chad were never governed effectively: in the huge BET Prefecture, the handful of French military administrators usually left the people alone, and in central Chad, French rule was only slightly more substantive.

In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the nation's monetary base, and usually also prints the national currency, which usually serves as the nation's legal tender.

To enable open market operations, a central bank must hold foreign exchange reserves ( usually in the form of government bonds ) and official gold reserves.

In this context, independence is usually defined as the central bank's operational and management independence from the government.

However, the term is applied to multidimensional data as well as to univariate data and in situations where a transformation of the data values for some or all dimensions would usually be considered necessary: in the latter cases, the notion of a " central location " is retained in converting an " average " computed for the transformed data back to the original units.

In the United States and Canada, the term Conservative, as applied, does not always indicate that a congregation is affliliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the movement's central institution and the one to which the term, without qualifier, usually refers.

A planned economy is an economic system in which decisions regarding production and investment are embodied in a plan formulated by a central authority, usually by a government agency.

However, over the last hundred years or so, authorities have recognized that the dagger, in its contemporary or mature form, has come to incorporate certain definable characteristics, including a short blade with a sharply-tapered point, a central spine or fuller, and ( usually ) two cutting edges sharpened the full length of the blade, or nearly so.

The central theme of ethnic nationalists is that ".. nations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry.

In contrast to the " effeminate " view of the central character that usually accompanied a female casting, she described her character as " manly and resolute, but nonetheless thoughtful ... thinks before he acts, a trait indicative of great strength and great spiritual power ".

In Glasgow and the central areas of Scotland, the tradition is to hold Hogmanay parties involving singing, dancing, the eating of steak pie or stew, storytelling and drink ; these usually extend into the daylight hours of 1 January.

They usually consist of a central unit that processes data ( the microprocessor ) and several components that interact with the outside such as microsensors.

The sap was usually transported using large barrels pulled by horses or oxen to a central collection point, where it was processed either over a fire built out in the open or inside a shelter built for that purpose ( the " sugar shack ").

The temperature in the south is usually a few degrees higher than the north and temperatures in the central interior mountains are always cooler than the rest of the island. the highest temperature record was in the Town of San German with 105 ° F and the minimum registration is 39 ° F in Aibonito.

Each town has a central taxi terminal usually within walking distance of the town's central plaza where taxis are stationed, and they provide transportation through local and islandwide routes.

Typically, the build-up of a natural pearl consists of a brown central zone formed by columnar calcium carbonate ( usually calcite, sometimes columnar aragonite ) and a yellowish to white outer zone consisting of nacre ( tabular aragonite ).

This model of network arrangement differs from the client – server model where communication is usually to and from a central server.

After dropping its moisture over the western and central Pyrenees, the air is usually dry over the eastern Pyrenees.

Sculpture has been central in religious devotion in many cultures, and until recent centuries large sculptures, too expensive for private individuals to create, were usually an expression of religion or politics.