take-up
[teyk-uhp]
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noun
the act of taking up.
Machinery.
- uptake(def 3).
- any of various devices for taking up slack, winding in, or compensating for the looseness of parts due to wear.
the contraction of fabric resulting from the wet operations in the finishing process, especially fulling.
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Origin of take-up
First recorded in 1815–25; noun use of verb phrase take up
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Examples from the Web for take-up
Contemporary Examples of take-up
“Anecdotally I can tell you that the take-up rate is fairly small,” said Smyth.
Historical Examples of take-up
He inserted the loose end in the take-up reel and motioned to Scotty.
Smugglers' ReefJohn Blaine
The principle of the take-up mechanism is shown in Figure 44.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and IllusionsHenry C. Horstmann
This controls the movements of a lever called the take-up, pivoted to the machine (Fig. 4).
Singer improved upon this by furnishing his machine with a spring take-up lever, partially controlled by the needle bar.
The reels upon which the film is wound are mounted above and below—the upper is the feed reel and the lower is the take-up reel.
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