Meaning of edge control | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hair product formulated to hold down baby or fine hair.
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2. The controlled use and placement of the edge of a skate, ski, or snowboard.
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3. A skill in edging; the ability to maintain one gunwale higher than the other at a controlled angle.
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4. The management and manipulation of the edges of an aircraft's wings or control surfaces to enhance performance and stability.
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5. Control over the exact placement of edges on a line or shape one is mapping, cutting, or etching.
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6. The management of an unpredictable situation in order to prevent it from becoming physically dangerous.
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Examples

“As a gauge of its importance, consider⟳ that when an instructor or racer speaks of someone having amazing edge control⟳, he means that that skier is a master of the slopes.”

“Many people say⟳ that skaters who had to do figures learned to freeskate better because figures teach⟳ you edge control⟳.”

“Skateboards roll. They do not slide⟳. The demands of edge control⟳ aren't involved in the physics of this sport.”

“These help⟳ keep⟳ the knees locked into the side of the kayak and help⟳ with edge control⟳.”

“Analyze your edge control⟳ to figure⟳ out exactly what you need⟳ to do with your knee, foot, leg, hip, and body.”

“This provides additional edge control⟳ over your kayak and helps keep⟳ your butt from falling out of the seat when you are upside-down.”

“Trailing edge control⟳ surface configurations may be composed of a full span, inboard partial-span, outboard tip⟳ partial-span, or up to six individual control⟳ surfaces, including side-by-side common edge control⟳ surfaces, and nested controls.”

“We do not feel⟳ that it is necessary to go below 3 inch rotors since an effective edge control⟳ strategy will control⟳ the narrow edge shape⟳ problem without an accurate measurement of the problem.”

“Edge control⟳ not only helps to meet⟳ the need⟳ for strip⟳ shape⟳ quality, but also improve⟳ the yield⟳ of strip⟳.”

“Center and edge control⟳ of linewidth and isolated and nested lines have⟳ been the primary control⟳ metrics of interest⟳ for plasma etching .”

“From the perspective of cyber-physical space mapping, the technologies of software definition and virtualization modeling are extended to edge hardware resources (including: terminal device resources, edge control⟳ device resources, edge computing resources, edge storage resources) and edge application services.”

“It is conditioned by edge control⟳, minimizing threats to personal danger, resolving the encounter, avoiding excessive paperwork, and getting on with something more interesting.”

“In this section I describe⟳ edge control⟳ as a phenomenon associated with the contingent (or unpredictable) nature of police-citizen interactions.”

“A great deal⟳ of police work⟳ is about edge control⟳.”

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