Term: take-up: any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: sensory nerve: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: bialy: flat crusty-bottomed onion roll
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: mouse: person who is quiet or timid
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: natural family planning: any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: beta cell: a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: chlorophthalmidae: small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: tailpiece: appendage added to extend the length of something
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: archine: a Russian unit of length (71 cm)
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: eblis: (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: malaysian monetary unit: monetary unit is Malaysia