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totalizator

, totalizer, totalisator, totaliser
1. a system of betting on horse races in which the aggregate stake, less an administration charge and tax, is paid out to winners in proportion to their stake
2. the machine that records bets in this system and works out odds, pays out winnings, etc.
3. an apparatus for registering totals, as of a particular function or measurement
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totalizer

A gauge showing the total quantity left. Totalizer gauges normally are used to indicate the remaining quantity of fuel or ammunition left in the aircraft.
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Meanwhile, all-in-one engine monitors like Insight Avionics' G3 pictured at bottom right also can be connected to a transducer arid serve as a fuel totalizer, among their many other talents (see this article's main text for more).
Processors can use the new totalizer as part of the Extrusion Control Network or as an isolated unit for controlling batch sizes and tracking consumption of raw material, says Maguire, citing the following potential applications:
SRP recently installed two meters with remote digital totalizers buried 15 ft.
Hail Processing Systems was showing its own totalizer system, which is in ongoing development.
We like it that way, since on that really bad day when the totalizer shows the engine shouldn't be running, we'll still have a couple of gallons.
Other metering, feeding and blending product include AutoWeigh totalizers for accurate weight monitoring of bulk materials (1600 to 7000 lb/hr) entering storage or flowing to processing lines; and gravimetric dispensers, which provide precise batch weights from a few lb to 1000 lb for charging rotational molders or high-intensity mixers.
The sensor's output can be used with most counters or totalizers to keep count of the containers.
Most fuel totalizers installations require trial-and-error adjustments in the so-called K-factor each instrument has.

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