Rope
121Rope dart — The rope dart or rope javelin (zh tsp |t=繩鏢 |s=绳镖 |p=shéng biāo), also known as Jouhyou in Japanese, is one of the flexible weapons in Chinese martial arts. Other weapons in this family include the meteor hammer, flying claws, and chain whip.… …
122Rope (film) — Infobox Film name = Rope size = caption= Original Theatrical Poster director = Alfred Hitchcock writer = Play: Patrick Hamilton Adaptation: Hume Cronyn Screenplay: Arthur Laurents Uncredited: Ben Hecht starring = James Stewart John Dall Farley… …
123Rope lock — A rope lock is a device used in a counterweight fly system to keep a rope from moving. It consists of two steel claws which are pushed against each other to keep friction against the rope. A long steel handle (usually covered in a red rubber… …
124rope off — verb divide by means of a rope The police roped off the area where the crime occurred • Syn: ↑rope in, ↑cordon off • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose, ↑shut in …
125Rope (computer science) — This article is about the data structure. For other uses, see Rope (disambiguation). In computer programming, a rope is a heavyweight string, involving the use of a concatenation tree representation. The concept was introduced in a paper called… …
126Rope stretcher — In ancient Egypt Rope stretchers were surveyors who measured property demarcations and foundations using knotted cords which they stretched in order to take the sag out of the rope. When performed by kings during the initial stage of temple… …
127Rope drag — In rock climbing, rope drag is the friction felt when pulling a rope through a number of pieces of protection, or over rock prominences. It is exacerbated by having great numbers of anchor placements, and especially if they form a zig zag rather… …
128Rope pump — A rope pump is a kind of pump used in developing areas to raise water from wells. Rope pumps consist of a PVC pipe, and a rope with washers attached to it. The water is held in between the washers in the pipe, and is pulled to the surface. Rope… …
