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Amusement device is defined as an appliance to which the motion of a prime mover is transmitted and which is used, or designed or intended to be used, for the amusement, recreation or entertainment of persons being carried, raised, lowered, or moved by the appliance, or any part thereof while it is in motion;
An attempt is any action that is part of an effort to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, and nonrepudiation of an NIH IT resource; or any hacker attempt or group of hacker attempts into or from an NIH IT resource that could potentially result in an unauthorized change, release, or denial of information or processing capability.
An anchor alarm is a feature of a GPS or other electronic navigation device or a depthsounder that sounds an audible alarm when the anchor drags and the boat shifts position. To buoy the anchor is to attach a buoy to is so it and its rode can be found if they must be abandoned. The anchor watch is the crew awake and on deckas lookouts while the boat is anchored. See straight up an down and swinging room.
Assistive listening devices refer to hard-wired or wireless transmitting/receiving devices that transmit sound from the microphone directly to the listener, minimizing the negative effects of distance, noise, and reverberation on clarity.
Air bending is characterized as a metal forming operation in which a metal part is formed without the punch and die closing completely on the part. Likewise, the term is used to describe a method of bending where the material is expected to take its shape from the amount of depth penetration of the punch. (see related term below - bending under load, bend angle)