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sweep

(swēp),
The travel of the beam of a cathode ray oscilloscope from left to right, representing the time axis, produced by an artificially generated sawtooth voltage.
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The Guttridge Silo Sweep Auger is made from galvanised steel to improve longevity and reduce the risk of product contamination from flaking paint.
Retained firefighter Simon Wilkinson, of Sedgefield, has launched a business to meet growing demand for traditional chimney sweeps
Jones, who has been a sweep for 25 years, was asked to sweep the chimney and carried out the work on September 5, 2008.
. National Association of Chimney Sweeps (NACS), www.chimneyworks.
The cleaning equipment is designed to give sweeps access along walls, into corners, onto ledges, or into other hard-to-reach areas inside chimneys.
The partnership will allow Clean Sweeps to gain an entry into the bar and restaurant industry with new installations in Jacksonville, Florida.
The potential for reducing damage to the physical and biological features of these habitats by raising sweeps a short distance off the bottom is dependent on the presence of low vertical relief or flexible structures of the bottom relief.
From that day forward the king announced that all sweeps were to be seen as lucky figures.
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