(Seil) Tauwerk, aus mehreren geteerten Garnen zusammengedrehtes Seil von über ca. 20 mm Durchmesser.
ETYM AS. râp; akin to Dutch reep, German reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Swed. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.
A strong cord.
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Stout cordage with circumference over 2.5 cm/1 in. Rope is made similarly to thread or twine, by twisting yarns together to form strands, which are then in turn twisted around one another in the direction opposite to that of the yarns. Although hemp is still used to make rope, nylon is increasingly used.
19. griechisches Alphabet.
The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
The third flavour of charged lepton (in order of increasing mass), with electric charge -1.
Nineteenth letter (T, t), of Greek alphabet; any T-shaped thing.
(Metereologie) Niederschlag von Wassertropfen aus den bodennahen Luftschichten am Erdboden (an Gräsern, Sträuchern u. a.). T. entsteht infolge nächtl. Strahlungsabkühlung, bei wenig bewölktem Himmel u. Windstille.
ETYM AS. deáw; akin to Dutch dauw, German thau, tau, Icel. dögg, Swed. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dhâv, to flow. Related to Dag dew.
(Homonym: do, due).
Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air.
Precipitation in the form of moisture that collects on the ground. It forms after the temperature of the ground has fallen below the dew point of the air in contact with it. As the temperature falls during the night, the air and its water vapor become chilled, and condensation takes place on the cooled surfaces.
Abkürzung für Test Access Unit
Max, 1897, 1976, dt. Schriftst.; emigrierte 1938 nach Norwegen; Werke im humanitären Geist; 1950 Friedenspreis des Dt. Buchhandels.