A bent in American English is a framework composed of several structural members that defines the cross-section of a timber frame building or supports a trestle. In British English this assembly is called a "cross frame". The term bent is probably an archaic past tense of the verb to bind, referring to the way the timbers of a bent are joined together. The Dutch word is bint (past participle gebint), the Frisian is bynt, and the German is bind. Compare this with the term bend for a class of knots.
Bents are the building blocks that define the overall shape and character of a structure. They do not have any sort of pre-defined configuration in the way that a Pratt truss does. Rather, bents are simply cross-sectional templates of structural members, i.e., rafters, joists, posts, pilings, etc., that repeat on parallel planes along the length of the structure. The term bent is not restricted to any particular material. Bents may be formed of wooden piles, timber framing, steel framing, or even concrete.
The title of the play refers to the slang word "bent" used in some European countries to refer to homosexuals. When the play was first performed, there was only a trickle of historical research or even awareness about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals. In some regards, the play helped increase that historical research and education in the 1980s and 1990s.
Shrimp is a generic term for some decapodcrustaceans, although the exact animals covered can vary. Used broadly, it may cover any of the groups with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata. In some fields, however, the term is used more narrowly, and may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group, or to only the marine species. Under the broader definition, shrimp may be synonymous with prawn, covering stalk-eyed swimming crustaceans with long narrow muscular tails (abdomens), long whiskers (antennae), and slender legs. They swim forward by paddling with swimmerets on the underside of their abdomens. Crabs and lobsters have strong walking legs, whereas shrimp have thin fragile legs which they use primarily for perching.
Shrimp are widespread and abundant. They can be found feeding near the seafloor on most coasts and estuaries, as well as in rivers and lakes. To escape predators, some species flip off the seafloor and dive into the sediment. They usually live from one to seven years. Shrimp are often solitary, though they can form large schools during the spawning season. There are thousands of species, and usually there is a species adapted to any particular habitat. Any small crustacean which resembles a shrimp tends to be called one.
The Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) is a large-diameter, double-focusing secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) sector instrument produced by Australian Scientific Instruments in Canberra, Australia. Like other SIMS instruments, the SHRIMP microprobe bombards a sample under vacuum with a beam of primary ions that sputterssecondary ions that are focused, filtered, and measured according to their energy and mass.
The SHRIMP is primarily used for geological and geochemical applications. It can measure the isotopic and elemental abundances in minerals at a 30 micrometre-scale and is therefore well-suited for the analysis of complex minerals, as often found in metamorphic terrains, some igneous rocks, and for relatively rapid analysis of statistical valid sets of detrital minerals from sedimentary rocks. The most common application of the instrument is in uranium-thorium-leadgeochronology, although the SHRIMP can be used to measure some other isotopic and elemental abundances.
Since 1966, this family-owned restaurant empire has featured such Mexican dishes as crispy carnitas, Shrimp Mojo de Ajo and fresco chile relleno ... For more than 38 years, this Orange staple has served Mexican food with a seafood bent.
Summer travel takes planning and funds; Time traveling through a new cocktail bar takes an evening ...Martinis aboundat least, four of them ... There is a seafood bent to the succinct menu, which also features shrimp, salmon crudo, and tuna niçoise ... ....
Every week found me there several times, haggling with vendors over live shrimp, dining on dim sum, savoring soft tofu on the street from a bent-over Chinese granny or choosing the choicest baby bok choy ... steamed shrimp.
You go to a modernist restaurant, you might find pho made with shrimp, with pork or with lamb ... Or, perhaps, the soups with fish, with chicken, with shrimp, or with mixed seafood – shrimp, fish cakes, surimi crab, squid, scallops and mussels.
Shrimp and Chicken Casserole ... This easy to make casserole dish provides shrimp for one of the types of fish to go with an Italian bent ... 1 pound unpeeled, medium size fresh shrimp ... Peel shrimp, and devein if desired.
