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transpool

verb

Etymology

From tran- + spool.

  1. derived from *(s)pel-✻
  2. derived from *spōlǭ✻
  3. derived from *spōla✻
  4. derived from spoele
  5. derived from spole
  6. inherited from spole
  7. prefixed as transpool — “tran + spool”

Definitions

  1. To transfer a flexible pipeline from the manufacturer's spool to shipboard equipment…

    To transfer a flexible pipeline from the manufacturer's spool to shipboard equipment ready for deployment.

    • The flexible risers were transpooled and installed using CDI's state-of-the-art rigid/flexible laying carousel and tower.

  2. To transfer from one spool to another.

    • It was stored statically in non-environmentally controlled conditions, moved/rotated, pressurized/depressurized and transpooled to another reel and back.
    • The modification concerned the reel mechanism inside the magazine: it uses a free-floating storage reel which fills up part of the same space which the take-up reel would with a film transpooled.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transpool. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA