differential windlass

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noun

a pair of hoisting drums of different diameter turning at the same rate, such that a pulley suspended below them on a line wound on the larger drum and unwound from the smaller drum is raised with mechanical advantage.

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Also called Chinese windlass.

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How to use differential windlass in a sentence

He majored in mathematical physics, studying mind-bending theories of quantum mechanics and partial differential equations.
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Tiebreakers are goal differential, greatest number of goals scored, and, further down, the drawing of lots.
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Then, the U.S. and Portugal would be tied in points, goal differential, and goals scored.
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That differential accounted for about 60 percent of the downward revision.
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The efforts are proceeding slowly and tentatively because the price differential of the fuel is only one factor to consider.
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A record is generally kept of the number of nucleated red cells seen during a differential count of leukocytes.
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The differential count is best made upon a film stained with Wright's, Jenner's, or Ehrlich's stain.
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Jenner's stain, which gives a somewhat similar picture, is preferred by many for differential counting of leukocytes.
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The chain communicated with a powerful crane rigged up on the foremast, and was wrought by a steam windlass on deck.
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The principal source of the irregularities was found in the concealed upper differential wheel of the Grubb slow motion.
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British Dictionary definitions for differential windlass

differential windlass

noun

a windlass employing the velocity ratio incurred in unwinding from a small drum while winding onto a larger drum rotating at a common speedAlso called: Chinese windlass

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