Cat whisker a fine metal thread resembling the arched shape of a cat's whisker used in early radio wave detecting crystal sets.

金属细线一种质地良好的金属线，类似于猫的胡须，呈拱形。早期应用于无线电波检测晶体装置。

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Metal thread feeding machine is one of the refining equipment outside the steel-making furnace, which is quite important to improve steel-making quality.

喂丝机是炉外精炼设备之一，它对提高钢的质量具有十分重要的意义。

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The inner surface at one open end of the plastic layer has the thread, and the thread on the plastic layer is connected with the thread on the metal insert.

上述塑料层的一开口端内表面开设有螺纹，该塑料层上的螺纹与金属嵌件上的螺纹相连接。

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" Or the officer's epaulets, circa 1820: "embroidered with gilt-metal thread in scrolling foliate designs, six-pointed silver metallic stars and gilt-brass buttons.

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For the switch, I sewed paths of conductive thread that become bridged by the metal zipper pull when it passes by.

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There's a metal tube in the middle with dozens of needles that act like robotic claws, grabbing pieces of thread and knitting them.

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