A part of a flow cytometer in which a stream of cells is aligned to pass one at a time through a light beam

A cytometer used in flow cytometry

(construction) the procedure in which a controlled amount of water is temporarily retained over a horizontal surface to determine the effectiveness of the waterproofing system.

(roofing) an application procedure in which roofing elements (insulation boards, felt plies, cap sheets, etc.) are initially placed upside down adjacent to their ultimate location; coated with adhesive or bitumen; and turned over and adhered to the substrate.

A combined feeling of light-headedness and dizziness, as if floating.

plural of floating-point unit

(computer hardware) A microprocessor that performs floating-point arithmetic. In older models of computer the FPU was not integrated into the central processing unit, but rather as a coprocessor if included at all.

Alternative spelling of threshing floor

A computer hardware device to read and write data from removable soft, so-called floppy, diskettes.

(physics) The distribution of the density and velocity of a fluid over space and time