Definitions for take-up

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Spelling: [teyk-uhp]
IPA: /ˈteɪkˌʌp/

Take-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in take-up (-aekptu).

Definitions for take-up

noun

  1. the act of taking up.
  2. Machinery. uptake (def 3). any of various devices for taking up slack, winding in, or compensating for the looseness of parts due to wear.
  3. the contraction of fabric resulting from the wet operations in the finishing process, especially fulling.

Origin of take-up

First recorded in 1815-25; noun use of verb phrase take up

Examples for take-up

Singer improved upon this by furnishing his machine with a spring take-up lever, partially controlled by the needle bar.

He inserted the loose end in the take-up reel and motioned to Scotty.

The reels upon which the film is wound are mounted above and below—the upper is the feed reel and the lower is the take-up reel.

He got the projector from its case, plugged it in, using his father's desk as a table, and put on the take-up reel.

This controls the movements of a lever called the take-up, pivoted to the machine (Fig. 4).

“Anecdotally I can tell you that the take-up rate is fairly small,” said Smyth.

In the Motiograph take-up, Figure 45, the necessary friction and slip are all in the belting.

If the take-up is not handling the film properly, it is due to a loose belt or to insufficient tension on the spring.

The principle of the take-up mechanism is shown in Figure 44.

The take-up probably causes more trouble than any other part of the mechanism and it should be carefully watched.

Word Value for take-up
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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