to fall precipitously. This term is used especially with reference to stock prices.
Wiktionary Definition for: Tank
A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres.
A heavy armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a large gun and moving on caterpillar tracks. For details see the w:tank Wikipedia article on "tank".
(Australian and Indian English), a reservoir or dam.
slang a very muscular and physically intense person
In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.
For uses as a name, see w:Tank tank in Wikipedia.
#To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stockmarket); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
#(Online RPG) To attract the attacks of a monster, so that the other people in the group can defeat the monster in question more efficiently.
CHARTRES, France AFP — French bomb disposal experts were called out Wednesday to check a World War II US tank discovered buried under a street at Chartres, 90 kilometres (55 miles) southwest of Paris. A mechanical digger was brought in to clear away the earth around the tank so...
New Tank Regs Cause Concern Among Jobbers Michigan jobbers didn't give rave reviews to new underground storage tank regulations issued in draft form by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just prior to the Michigan Petroleum Assn. annual convention in April. ...
Tank lining is a cost-effective method which can be used the petroleum marketers to improve the standard of their storage tanks and comply with EPA regulations. This approach costs about one-third of the price of acquiring a new tank, allowing petroleum marketers to save of operating costs without sacrificing equipment...
Marketers are considering to use annual tank testing methods of volumetric, tracer and sound-type systems to comply with the federal government's latest requirements for leak detection in underground storage tanks. Due to high costs of tank testing the marketers often choose the cheapest available option and this leads to more...
6/23/2003 - TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq AFPN -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft rolls past an Iraqi tank June 22. The tank was abandoned during the 1991 Gulf War. The A-10, also known as a tank-killer, is part of the 407th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron stationed here. (U.S. Air Force Photo by 2nd...
UNION TANK CAR Company a member of the Mramon Group of companies, has acquired Versailles, France-based Exsif SA, a major leaser of ISO tank containers, and its US subsidiary, Exsif US. Union Tank Car says the acquisition gives it an immediate presence in the intermodal marketplace...
UNION TANK CAR CO. has acquired EXSIF SA, a lessor of ISO tank containers based in Versailles, France, and its Houston-based U.S. subsidiary, EXSIF, US. Union Tank Car said that with the acquisition it gains "an immediate presence in the intermodal marketplace and a new product line that can benefit...
Panama Test Showed 140 degrees F temperature The need to keep the fuel cooler in the center wing tank of the 747 was known long before the flammable vapors exploded in the same tank on TWA flight 800 in 1996. In fact, insulating the tank, wrapping insulation around nearby...
A vintage American tank found in Haiti is on the way to a U.S. Army museum in Germany, thanks to the Military Traffic Management Command. MTMC moved the severely rusted tank by ship and barge to get it to Baumholder, Germany, where it will be completely restored. In...
SINGAPORE AFP — Three sharks have been found in a cramped display tank at a marine-themed condominium in Singapore. Animal Concerns Research and Education Society, Acres, said the tank was "far too small" and the "sub optimal conditions" were compromising the sharks' welfare. Two of the captives are...
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Monday it has a "high degree of confidence" that the missile fired at a dead U.S. spy satellite in space destroyed the satellite's fuel tank as planned. In its most definitive statement yet on the outcome of last Wednesday's shootdown over the Pacific,...
Water heating accounts for 20% or more of an average household's annual energy expenditures. The yearly operating costs for conventional gas or electric storage tank water heaters average $200 or $450, respectively. Storage tank-type water heaters raise and maintain the water temperature to the temperature setting on the tank (usually...
When Greg Ferriner talks about tank cars, he tends to talk in superlatives. Ferriner is rail fleet acquisition and maintenance manager for the Olin Corporation's chemicals operations.
Cost, ease and reliability have become the standards by which tank testing services are appraised. Reliability remains a key factor, even as a number of testing companies have established good track records. Since the emergence of many testing companies and the consequent growth of competition among them, cost has decreased...
The U.S. Air Force is exploring the application of improved oxygen sensors to fuel tank inerting. Present systems measure the nitrogen enriched air NEA prior to its entry into the fuel tank. Fuel tank ullage is dynamic, and large changes in the oxygen level in the tank can...
Northrop Grumman Corp, USA, reports that it has made a composite fuel tank for space vehicles without the use of an autoclave. The company's Integrated Systems division has now delivered one-half of the fuel tank, which is 3.2 m (10.5 foot) in diameter, to US...
NASA on Thursday will take a significant step toward getting the space shuttle flying again when it rolls out the first new fuel tank that is designed to eliminate the problems that led to the 2003 breakup of shuttle Columbia. The tank, which holds the fuel for the shuttle's...
Northrop Grumman Corp, USA, reports that it has made a FRP fuel tank for space vehicles without the use of an autoclave. The company's Integrated Systems division has now delivered one-half of the fuel tank, which measures 3.2 m (10.5 feet) in diameter, to...
Balmoral Composites, part of the Balmoral Group head-quartered in Aberdeen, UK, says it is getting some notable sales for its recently introduced SMC sectional water tanks. High-profile clients include Microsoft, Glaxo, Marks and Spencer and the UK's Ministry of Defence. Orders include: an 8 x...
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