Expected or intended to supersede present-day techniques.

(mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion.

for general purposes; all-purpose

A DNA sequence which can exist by itself in circular form, or can be integrated into an integron.

A major government officer throughout the English-speaking world, generally responsible for interpreting the law for the head of government and executive department and functioning as chief prosecutor, with the ability to bring civil and criminal actions directly.

A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties. / A policeman. / A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

The quality of being genial; friendly cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

The generation of people who are the children of baby boomers, whose lifestyle is governed by the fact that they must simultaneously care for the needs of their children and their own elderly parents.

Any electricity generator powered by a diesel engine

(mechanics) A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.