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What (who) is capstan$11240$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Capston; Capstan effect; Capstan (disambiguation)
Slingsby Capstan
BRITISH TWO-SEAT GLIDER OF THE 1960S
Slingsby T.49 Capstan; Slingsby T.49B Capstan
The Slingsby T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle.
Capstan
·noun A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
capstan
(capstans)
A capstan is a machine consisting of a drum that turns round and pulls in a heavy rope or something attached to a rope, for example an anchor.
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Capstan
Capstan may refer to:
- Capstan (band), an American post-hardcore band
- Capstan (cigarette), a brand of British cigarette
- Capstan (nautical), a rotating machine used to control or apply force to another element
- Capstan (tape recorder), rotating spindles used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder
- Capstan equation, formula to describe hold-force in relation to load-force for flexible lines around a cylinder
- Horse capstan, a device similar to a windlass used in mining; also called a whim
- Slingsby Capstan, a British two-seat glider of the 1960s
- Capstan (software), audio restoration program by Celemony which eliminates wow and flutter
