Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.
Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.
Determined by independent arbiter.
Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.
Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
Any, out of all that are possible.
The measured value when no input signal is given.
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
A place of reverence or honor.
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
A pillow block; a low housing.
To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.