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Factory(money)
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FACTORY, Scotch law(law)

myocardiograph (medicine) and factory (iou)


myocardiograph (medicine)


myocardiograph


An instrument composed of a tambour with recording lever attachment, by means of which a tracing is made of the movements of the heart muscle.

Origin: myo-+ G. Kardia, heart, + grapho, to record


factory (iou)



factory noun. M16.
[Ult. from (the same root as) FACTOR noun + -Y3, (branch III) -Y4. In branch II repr. Portuguese feitoria (= Italian fattoria, Spanish factoria, French factorie, later factorerie); in branch III after late Latin factorium (recorded in sense 'oil-press').]
I.
The Employment, office, or position of a factor. Scot. M16.
II.
Hist. An establishment for traders doing business in a foreign country; a merchant company's foreign trading station. L16.
III.
A building or buildings with equipment for manufacturing; a workshop; a works. E17.
A prison, orig. (Austral.) one for females; a police station. slang. E19.
Comb.: Factory Act(s) an act or acts of Parliament regulating the operation of factories in the interest of the Health and safety of employees; factory farm a farm using intensive methods of farming (esp. of livestock) usu. in an artificial environment, organized on industrial lines; factory farming running a factory farm, using the method of a factory farm; factory floor fig. the workers in an industry as opp. to the Management etc.; factory ship a ship accompanying a fishing (orig. a whaling) fleet to process the catch; a fishing ship with facilities for immediate processing of the catch; factory trawler a trawler with facilities for processing its catch.