Storage
['stɔːrɪdʒ] or ['stɔrɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of storing something.
(noun.) the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials.
(noun.) (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk.
Typed by Ada--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.
(n.) Space for the safe keeping of goods.
(n.) The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
Typed by Arthur
Examples
- The preservation of food is also dependent on ammonia, which produces the refrigerating effect in the numerous cold storage houses and artificial ice plants in this country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ice in the can is then loosened by warm water, and the block dumped through the door into a chute, whence it passes into the storage room below, seen in Fig. 298. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A part of the second floor is devoted to the storage and the shipping of parts to branches and agents. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tremendously complex nature of the chemical reactions which take place in the lead-acid storage battery also renders it an easy prey to many troublesome diseases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nature DID respond to his whole-hearted appeal, and, by the time the hunt was ended, revealed a good storage battery of entirely new type. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The great growth of automobile carriages in the past year has greatly stimulated the output of storage batteries. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In Fig. 64 is shown a modification of the Planté type of storage battery, composed of a series of plates shown on the left. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Many minor improvements have been made in the storage battery, covered by 716 United States patents, most of which relate to cellular construction for holding the mass of red lead in place. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mr. Edison's storage battery and the poured cement house have not yet reached the stage of great commercial enterprises, and therefore have not yet risen to the dignity of patent litigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A prominent factor in the electrical art is the _Storage Battery_, Secondary Battery, or Accumulator, as it is variously called. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Edison believes that there are important advantages possible in the employment of his storage battery for street-car propulsion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was one of the first storage batteries of M. Faure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To the lay mind a storage battery presents itself in the aspect of a device in which electric energy is STORED, just as compressed air is stored or accumulated in a tank. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Trouvé made an application of the storage battery and electric motor to a small boat on the Seine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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