Definitions for "Pick-up"
a component of a phonograph which contains the stylus and also components for converting the vibrations of the stylus into electrical impulses for subsequent processing into sound; often referred to as a cartridge; also, the process of converting vibrations into electrical impulses.
the conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device.
1) Device which, when attached to an acoustic musical instrument, converts sound vibrations into an electrical signal. 2) A way of describing the directional sensitivity of a microphone. An Omnidirectional microphone has equal pick-up from all around, a Cardoid microphone is more sensitive from the front, a Hypercardoid has very strong directionality from the front. A figure-of eight microphone picks up front and rear, but rejects sound from the sides.
Keywords:  hitchhiker
a hitchhiker who has been picked up.
Keywords:  gering, sylvia, marion, sidney, raft
A condition where a coating film form a previous printing operation will adhere to the underside of a printing screen during an overprinting operation.
Pick-Up is a 1933 crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. The movie was directed by Marion Gering.
Keywords:  menial, hastily, mario, donkey, bananas
Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
Pick-up is a slang term that is commonly used in a gaming context. Pick-up can generally be used to describe anything that you collect whilst engaged in the gaming experience, ranging from extra lives, to more menial collectibles such as coins (Mario) and bananas (Donkey Kong).
Roll which lifts the wet paper or board web off the wire before the drying section
(1) On a well log, it is the recorded point on a curve at which the curve begins to vary in response to variations in the wellbore environment. (2) During the survey operation, it is the depth at which the logging tool lifts off the bottom of the borehole. Signified by curve movement and increase in cable tension as shown on the weight indicator.
The weight of liquor taken up by a given weight of fabric after impregnation, spraying, or coating. note.. low wet pick-up has a special application in respect of easy-care finishing (see critical application value).
Français : Ramassage (des passagers) Deutsch : Fahrgastmitnahme
acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate.
a small truck having an enclosed driver's compartment (cab) but an open rear with usually low sides and a tailgate. Also called pickup truck.
Vehicle similar to a Utility but based on a light truck instead of a car.
a social companion for the evening who is met without prior arrangement, as at a singles bar; also, the act of joining with such a companion in that fashion.
An arranger's device, starting a phrase on the upbeat with one voice part only, usually lead or bass, joined by the other parts on the downbeat of the next bar.
A note or series of notes leading into the first full chord of a phrase.
Keywords:  flowmeter, sensor
sensor used on a flowmeter.
Latex entrained or gelled on a former during a dipping process. Latex deposited on the interior surfaces of a plaster-of-paris mold in a latex casting operation.
regaining possession of rental merchandise from a customer who no longer wishes to rent the item.
Keywords:  brush
same as Brush b.
Keywords:  debris, tires, rubber, built, stones
Debris built up on tires from rubber bits and small stones.
An ad that had already been published and now is to be digitally or manually moved to a new page for repeat publication.
Keywords:  scoring, see
Keywords:  rooms, actually, event, day, number
Number of rooms actually used each day of an event.
That which picks up;