Glossary F

A Forklift truck is described as a three or four wheeled mechanical truck with forks at the front designed for lifting, carrying and stowing car.

- Footrest, wheel chair : Footrest is a Wheel chair component that are usually incorporated into the frame of the manual or battery -powered chair as part of the design. Cross-brace folding chairs often have footrests which swivel, flip up, and/or can be removed.

Feeder is described as a grain container or reservoir constructed around the hatchway between two decks of a ship which when filled with grain automatically feeds or fills in the vacant areas in the lower holds.

Fabrication is described as a number of metalworking techniques that allow a part to be assembled from smaller components. Welding, adhesive bonding and fastening by the use of bolts and rivets are the most widely used examples.

Deutsch: Fructose / Español: Fructosa / Português: Frutose / Français: Fructose / Italiano: Fruttosio

Fructose, as the name implies, is the sugar found naturally in fruit. It can be extracted, turned into granules and used like sugar in the kitchen. It used to be considered a healthier alternative to sucrose -- plain old table sugar. It's sweeter, so less is needed to achieve the same taste. Diabetics use it because fructose doesn't stimulate insulin production, so blood sugar levels remain stable.

Forging describes a process that transforms solid metal into shapes of varying Cross-sectional material thickness, often involving heating and hammering.

Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet. It is an attire for the feet, as in shoes or slippers.

- Forester or cruiser compass : Forester or cruiser compass is identified as an equipment utilizing what appears to be a backwards numbering system. If you wish to plot a bearing to the east (90 degrees), you rotate the compass until the needle points toward the east or the 90 degree mark; the compass itself and its sighting line will then be pointed in the direction you wish to travel.