egg-crated
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a texture with regular indentations similar to that of an egg carton or regular holes in a grid pattern; corrugated or latticed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: No need for heat-shrink sleeves; egg-crated cavities in the housing give you the insulation you need.
Third, the fingerlike projections of the convoluted egg-crated foams are more subject to damage than the flat surface of conventional pads.
The fluorescent lighting at this deepest part of the plan is not entirely effective because the egg-crated strips tend to dazzle and to make the crucial bookstock section feel dark in comparison.
Some were Shaker oval boxes with lapped fingers tacked into place; some were dovetailed candle boxes; some were boxes bandsawn from solid blocks of wood; and some were jewelry boxes with egg-crated interiors.
The TV inside the box was on, flickering shadows on the egg-crated walls.
By that date however, the final steps towards the true suspended ceiling had been taken -- from 1947 onwards, standard kits of parts existed from which could be assembled systems of translucent, louvered or egg-crated suspended ceilings with suitable provision for the downward diffusion of conditioned air, either through specialised outlets or (in the louvered versions) over the whole ceiling.
gloss: Compartmentalized; separated into isolated compartments or components.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: My goal is to supply the design professional with criteria for decision making in every key area that comprises today's office, whether egg-crated or open plan.
Maybe a little tricky here and there, and maybe a little too egg-crated, but what the hell, there was a big score involved and none of us, except you and Durant, have worked together for a while.
Suddenly, we were asking that all teachers would be highly proficient without dealing with their training, compensation, or the reality of reasonableness of finding millions of highly proficient teachers to fit into those egg-crated organizations that assumed that every teacher had the right stuff to educate every child to high levels, regardless of their background, social setting, or the support they had at home or when they reached school.
gloss: Having multiple points of attachment in a lattice-like pattern.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The hull is built on a conventional transverse framing system except for the inner bottom which is "egg crated" below the reactor compartment, located amidships between two upright partitions made of heavy steel.
Accordingly, the design features two 0.120 inch thick face skins separated 2.0 inches by a relatively dense discrete rib, egg-crated core.
The housing and its base (cold plate) are dip-brazed as a single integral assembly of self-jigging, “egg-crated” aluminum plates.
gloss: Arranged in a grid pattern; Interleaved.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Using longer egg-crated (interleaved) mirror strips and a large multielement base plate allows fewer piece-parts and provides an integral structural design which helps the panel overall performance, by minimizing the need for added structure in larger panels.
gloss: In separate compartments.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Loose projectiles of not less than 4% inches in diameter are usually shipped egg-crated.
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