knockdown vs station

knockdown

noun
  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly. 

  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

station

noun
  • A place where some object is provided. 

  • A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. 

  • The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion. 

  • Standing; rank; position. 

  • A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing. 

  • The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres. 

  • A regular stopping place for ground transportation. 

  • An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc. 

  • A place used for broadcasting radio or television. 

  • Any of the Stations of the Cross. 

  • A gas station, service station. 

  • The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat. 

  • A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. 

  • A military base. 

  • An official building from which police or firefighters operate. 

  • A ground transportation depot. 

  • A very large sheep or cattle farm. 

  • The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. 

  • A broadcasting entity. 

  • Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path. 

  • Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment. 

  • A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. 

  • In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside. 

verb
  • To put in place to perform a task. 

  • To put in place to perform military duty. 

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