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cap·stan
(kăp′stən, -stăn′)n.
1. Nautical An apparatus used for hoisting, consisting of a vertical, manually or mechanically rotated cylinder around which the cable to be pulled runs.
2. A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder.
[Middle English, from Norman French, from Old Provençal cabestan, from cabestre, noose, from Latin capistrum, halter, probably from capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
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capstan
(ˈkæpstən)n
1. (Nautical Terms) a machine with a drum that rotates round a vertical spindle and is turned by a motor or lever, used for hauling in heavy ropes, etc
2. (Electronics) any similar device, such as the rotating shaft in a tape recorder that pulls the tape past the head
[C14: from Old Provençal cabestan, from Latin capistrum a halter, from capere to seize]
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cap•stan
(ˈkæp stən, -stæn)n.
1. any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc.
2. a rotating spindle or shaft, powered by an electric motor, that transports magnetic tape past the heads of a tape recorder at a constant speed.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French cabestan(t) < Old Provençal cabestan, variant of cabestran, presumably present participle of *cabest(r)ar, v. derivative of cabestre halter < Latin capistrum]
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Noun 1. [画像:capstan - a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis]capstan - a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
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Translations
رَحويَّه: آلَةُ رَفْعِ حِبالِ السَّفينَه
kotevní vratidlonaviják
ankerspil
Ankerwinde CapstanSpill
ankkuripelivintturi
kábeldob
gangspil, vinda
캡스턴
suktuvas
vinča
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capstan
n → Poller m
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capstan
(ˈkӕpstən) noun a drum-shaped machine, used for winding eg a ship's anchor-cable. kaapstander رَحويَّه: آلَةُ رَفْعِ حِبالِ السَّفينَه мор. шпил cabrestante kotevní vratidlo, naviják die Ankerwinde (anker-)spil μηχανισμός ρυμούλκησης cabrestante kepsel گردونۀ لنگر؛ چرخ طناب kela cabestan כַּנָן ढोल, चर्खी brodsko vitlo kábeldob, csörlő kerekan gangspil, vinda argano 巻揚装置 (앵커 케이블) 캡스턴 suktuvas vinča kumparan kaapstander gangspill kabestan خرخ: هغه څرخ چه درسۍ دتاوېدو په وا سطه درانه شيان را كاږى (په تېره) په بيړۍ كې cabrestante cabestan кабестан naviják vreteno čekrk ankarspel เครื่องสําหรับฉุดดึงของหนัก bocurgat, ırgat, vinç 絞盤,起錨機 шпиль بحری جہاز کے لنگر کے رسے کو لپیٹنے والا کھونٹہ cái tời 绞盘,起锚机
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