Caster action
noun
the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
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noun finely ground white sugar noun See castor sugar
- Castered
a person or thing that casts. a small wheel on a swivel, set under a piece of furniture, a machine, etc., to facilitate moving it. a bottle or cruet for holding a condiment. a stand containing a set of such bottles. a metal container for sugar, pepper, etc., having a perforated top to permit sprinkling; […]
- Castering
a person or thing that casts. a small wheel on a swivel, set under a piece of furniture, a machine, etc., to facilitate moving it. a bottle or cruet for holding a condiment. a stand containing a set of such bottles. a metal container for sugar, pepper, etc., having a perforated top to permit sprinkling; […]
- Casters-up mode
casters-up mode [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for “broken” or “down”. Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is “down” may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is “casters up” is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the […]
- Castest
Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions. Hinduism. any of the social divisions into which Hindu society is traditionally divided, each caste having its own privileges and limitations, transferred […]