- Look up
spar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Spar commonly refers to:
Spar (sailing), part of a
sailing vessel Spar (aeronautics), part of an aircraft...
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SPAR,
originally DESPAR,
styled as DE
SPAR (Dutch pronunciation: [də
ˈspɑr]), is a
Dutch multinational franchise that
provides branding,
supplies and support...
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sometimes called sparring. The
physical nature of
sparring naturally varies with the
nature of the
skills it is
intended to develop;
sparring in a striking...
- Selenite,
satin spar,
desert rose, and
gypsum flower are
crystal habit varieties of the
mineral gypsum. All
varieties of gypsum,
including selenite and...
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SPARS was the
authorized nickname for the
United States Coast Guard (USCG) Women's Reserve. The
nickname is an
acronym fashioned from the USCG's motto...
- A
spar torpedo is a
weapon consisting of a bomb
placed at the end of a long pole, or
spar, and
attached to a boat. The
weapon is used by
running the end...
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USCGC Spar is the name of two
United States Coast Guard buoy tenders: USCGC
Spar (WLB-403),
commissioned in 1944,
decommissioned in 1997 and scuttled...
- A
spar is a pole of wood,
metal or
lightweight materials such as
carbon fibre used in the
rigging of a
sailing vessel to
carry or
support its sail. These...
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Adamantine spar is a
silky brown variety of corundum. It has a
hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. Yogo
sapphire "Adamantine
Spar".
Archived from the original...
- In a fixed-wing aircraft, the
spar is
often the main
structural member of the wing,
running spanwise at
right angles (or
thereabouts depending on wing...
