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tightness

tightness
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • overdreven zuinigheid; zuinigheid
  • extreme stinginess

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tightness
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a tight feeling in some part of the body
    "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"

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    tightness
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • lack of movement or room for movement

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      tightness
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
        • the spatial property of being crowded together

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        tightness
        Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

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          Voorbeeldzinnen

          1. I felt an uncomfortable tightness in my chest.
          2. Gas-tightness (permeability)
          3. the result of coupler tightness
          4. Technological progress has made possible alternative test methods for the final assessment of aerosol dispensers for burst resistance and leak tightness, which guarantee the same level of safety.
          5. a visual check and a tightness check of the hydraulic components, in particular valves, pipelines, hydraulic hoses, hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic pumps, and hydraulic strainers;
          6. As regards the active mortgage redemption programme, it was exacerbating the tightness in the supply of mortgages on the UK market (accounting for 40 % of the drop in new lending).
          7. .2.2 Where it is proposed to fit decks, inner skins or longitudinal bulkheads of sufficient tightness to seriously restrict the flow of water, proper consideration is to be given to such restrictions in the calculations.
          8. .5 Tanks which are intended to hold liquids, and which form part of the subdivision of the ship, shall be tested for tightness with water to a head up to the deepest subdivision load line or to a head corresponding to two thirds of the depth from the top of keel to the margin line in way of the tanks, whichever is the greater, provided that in no case shall the test head be less than 0,9 metres above the top of the tank; if testing by water is impracticable, air leak testing while the tanks are subjected to an air pressure of not more than 0,14 bar may be accepted.