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Dictionary » S » Safety Safetysafety 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, return me to my native element. (milton) 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from libility to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off. (Beau. & Fl) 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. (Shak) 4. Same as Safety touchdown, below. (Science: chemistry) Safety arch, a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc, from a boiler, or other vessel, when 5a9 the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse. Origin: Cf. F. Sauvete. ![]()
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Results from our forumsterilization in microwave oven... last paragraph what you are describing is actually exactly what happens in an autoclave or a pressure cooker, less things that are designed for safety. The microwave as any other source of heat can and will heat water well above 100ÂșC if you keep it in an enclosed compartment, which will increase ...
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Re: Bird-Dinosaur News... and it all just happens to work together pretty darn good. It just appears to be designed. I think we need to remember that 1) One of the greatest safety nets for evolution is the vast amount of time--the very reason is the incredible odds that life would come from whatever the latest theory is ...
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Therapeutic Regimens With Biologics... Clearly, manufacturing biopharmaceuticals clearly is a different and innovative process, and a small manufacturing change could and has raised safety issues of a particular biopharmaceutical in the developing process, as altering the immune system of a potential user of a biologic therapy is ...
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Stomach bloating and weight gain... are certain ailments, traits etc. are inherited. Modern system of medicine has chemicals. Nobody knows the long term effect of these chemicals. Safety about these chemicals can be judged when these have been used for centuries with no side effect on generation. For short term, these are generally ...
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Re: Dead CentrifugeMost well designed units won't run with the lid open ( Safety reasons) Vacuum theory sounds silly. And again good units shut off when an imbalance occurs. Like Mith said, this sounds like a failure beyond your control as in speed control went kaput...
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