Glossary H

Household is a term that includes all the people who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence.

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Hoyer, hydraulic lift or barrier free lift pertains to a mechanical aid that assists with transferring a person from a wheelchair to a bed, a sling is needed with the lift.

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Hogshead is described as a wooden barrel with a capacity of approximately 250 liters, used in Scotland for aging whisky.

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Highway is a general term for denoting a public way for purposes of travel by vehicular and/or pedestrian travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way.

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High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) refers to a new type of digital connector for video pictures that's functionally similar to DVI, but uses a smaller plug.

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Hierarchy pertains to a logical structure that uses ordered levels as a means of organizing data. A hierarchy can be used to define data aggregation.

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heat pipe is described as a device that can quickly transfer heat from one point to another. Superconductor of heat is what it is often referred to, as it possess an extraordinary heat transfer capacity and rate with almost no heat loss.

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Deutsch: Wärmebehandlung / Español: Tratamiento térmico / Português: Tratamento térmico / Français: Traitement thermique / Italiano: Trattamento termico

Heat treatment is characterized as a combination of heating and cooling operations applied to a metal or alloy in the solid state to obtain desired conditions or properties.

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