The cylinder itself is weighted down with a cord or chain allowing it to be spun by a slight rotation of the wrist along with the mantra it contains.

These were and are attached to the sashes using pulleys of either braided cord or, later, purpose-made chain.

Nunchaku are two sections of wood connected by a cord ( himo ) or chain ( kusari ), though variants may include additional sections of wood and chain.

It is held by a chain ( or cord in choir dress ) around the neck and rests on the chest.

Reflex circuits vary in complexity — the simplest spinal reflexes are mediated by a three-element chain, beginning with sensory neurons which activate interneurons in the spinal cord, which then activate motor neurons.

A counter pen ( also known as a Security pen ) is a pen designed to be affixed to the counter or table of an institution, such as, typically, a bank or post office by some means, typically a chain, ball chain or plastic cord, complicating the accidental or purposeful removal of the pen from the counter.

Until the 1970s a " cord " ( by that time a chain ) was still used, which ran the length of the carriage and connected to a valve at one end which opened the brake pipe.

This modern chain is a static cord ( thin rope ), 50 metres long, marked with a small tag at each metre, and also marked in the first metre every decimetre.

In this theory, he stated that the spinal cord is comprised by a chain of units that functions as an independent reflex arcs, and their activity integrates sensory and motor nerves at the segment of the spinal cord from which these nerves originate.

The switch is operated by a pull chain or cord.

This style of fan is equipped with a metal-bead chain or cloth cord which, when pulled, cycles the fan through the operational speed ( s ) and then back to off.

A chain, or cord, was wound around the plain barrel, connecting it to the fusee.

A cord ( or expensive chain if the owner was rich ), ran from one end of the collar to the other, allowing it to be secured around the man's chest.

In BDSM terms, a zipper is a string of clothespins or other clips, held together loosely by a cord or light chain.

On British Mark 1 carriages, a Tell Tale connects the emergency ( communication ) cord or chain to the train line to facilitate an emergency stop.

Early railways, before continuous brakes, had the communication chain or cord from the carriages connected to a " brake whistle " on the engine.

Several were carried on a chain or cord, often suspended round the neck, which by placing them next to the heart was believed to bring spiritual and perhaps medical benefits ( the same was done with the St Cuthbert Gospel in a leather bag in medieval Durham ).

Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel.

A pectoral cross or pectorale ( from the Latin pectoralis, " of the chest ") is a cross that is worn on the chest, usually suspended from the neck by a cord or chain.

In practice most bishops wear their pectoral cross over their chasuble suspended either by a chain or a silk cord.

The vessel is attached to the anchor by the rode, which is made of chain, cable, rope, or a combination of these.

A cable or rode is the rope, chain, or combination thereof used to connect the anchor to the vessel.

In physics and geometry, the catenary is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends.

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

Assuming that the strength of the cable is proportional to its density per unit length, the weight, w, per unit length of the chain can be written T / c, where c is constant, and the analysis for nonuniform chains can be applied.

The drive element of a pulley system can be a rope, cable, belt, or chain that runs over the pulley inside the groove.

The fortifications included a river battery of six 32-pound cannons, a cable chain supported by a boom across the Hudson River ( see Hudson River Chain ), and landward redoubts connected by ramparts, all situated on a cliff promontory rising 100 feet ( 30 m ) above the river.

WGN in Chicago and WABD in New York were able to share programs through a live coaxial cable feed when WDTV in Pittsburgh signed on, because the station completed the East Coast-to-Midwest chain, allowing stations in both regions to air the same program at the same time, which is still the standard for U. S. television.

* A length of rope, cable, or chain when put to use ( such as a clothesline, anchor line )

The elements of the seal are contained within the pattern formed by the outer frame of a hawser rope or cable, and the inner frame of an anchor chain, of a type employed in ships of the Colonial era.

On chain timpani, the tension rods are connected by a roller chain much like the one found on a bicycle, though some manufacturers have used other materials, including steel cable.

Though far less common than pedal timpani, chain and cable drums still have practical uses.

Professional players may also use exceptionally large or small chain and cable drums for special low or high notes.

* Mooring buoys – used to keep one end of a mooring cable or chain on the water's surface so that ships or boats can tie on to it

* Catenary ( or " chain "), the shape of a hanging flexible cable when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravitational force

When a rider operates the lever while pedalling, the change in cable tension moves the chain-guide from side to side, " derailing " the chain onto different sprockets.

A swing mooring consists of a single anchor at the bottom of a waterway with a rode ( a rope, cable, or chain ) running to a float on the surface.

By rotating a wheel / axle ( e. g. drum, gear, pulley or shaft ) a linear member ( e. g. cable, rack, chain or belt ) moves.

The discs are mounted on one side of the lock, which may in turn be attached to the end of a chain or cable.

The truck will have a chain or cable system for upending the container.

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Things that should remain consistent are a 75ohm output impedance, 75ohm cables and a 75ohm terminating resistor at the end of a chain or cable.