Tilt
91tilt-table — tilt ta·ble (tĭltʹtā bəl) n. An examining table that can be tilted to a nearly upright position for assessment of a patient s circulatory response to gravitational change. * * * …
92tilt-rotor — [tilt′rōt΄ər] n. an aircraft with rotors that can be switched from spinning horizontally, usually during takeoffs and landings, to spinning vertically, as during regular flight: sometimes written tiltrotor * * * …
93tilt-top — [tilt′täp΄] adj. designating a table, stand, etc. designed so that the top, hinged to a pedestal, can be tipped to a vertical position * * * …
94tilt-top table — /tilt top / a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically. * * * ▪ furniture table, the top of which is hinged to a central pedestal in such a way that it can be turned from a horizontal to a vertical position and, thereby,… …
95tilt table — tilt n an apparatus that is used to rotate a person from a horizontal to a vertical or oblique position in order to test perception of bodily position and to assist in teaching a person affected with paralysis to stand called also tiltboard * * * …
96tilt test — tilt table test measurement of various bodily responses while the patient is tilted to different angles on a tilt table, usually head up, such as monitoring of circulatory, cardiac, and neurologic responses …
97tilt at windmills — ► tilt at windmills attack imaginary enemies. [ORIGIN: with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] Main Entry: ↑tilt …
98tilt-rotor — [tilt′rōt΄ər] n. an aircraft with rotors that can be switched from spinning horizontally, usually during takeoffs and landings, to spinning vertically, as during regular flight: sometimes written tiltrotor …
99tilt-top — [tilt′täp΄] adj. designating a table, stand, etc. designed so that the top, hinged to a pedestal, can be tipped to a vertical position …
100tilt yard — noun (historical) A place for tilting, jousting • • • Main Entry: ↑tilt * * * n. historical a place where jousts took place …