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British magazine
Constructor Quarterly is a quarterly British magazine aimed at Meccano enthusiasts. It was founded in 1988. It is published in Sheffield in the UK by RJ
Constructor_Quarterly
Land vehicle steering method
Phillip (September 1988). "Differentials, the Theory and Practice". Constructor Quarterly. Retrieved 13 November 2017. British Patent No. 16,345 (1904) Nice
Differential_steering
"Differentials, the Theory and Practice 3: Tank Steering Systems". Constructor Quarterly (1): 47–48. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved
Tank_steering_systems
Robot used in manufacturing
P. (1995). Robin Johnson (ed.). The Robot Gargantua. Gargantua: Constructor Quarterly. "International Federation of Robotics". IFR International Federation
Industrial_robot
British model construction system
showpieces by retailers. Modern dedicated publications include: Constructor Quarterly, The International Meccanoman and the ModelPlans series of instructions
Meccano
and Video Games Computer Gamer Computer Music Computer Shopper Constructor Quarterly Contemporary Co-op News The Cornhill Magazine Corsetry and Underwear
List of magazines in the United Kingdom
List_of_magazines_in_the_United_Kingdom
American auto racing builder
with Offenhauser engines. "Automobile Quarterly: Volume 36, Issue 2", University of Virginia, Automobile Quarterly, p. 111, 1997 Newman, Claude (May 25
Eddie_Kuzma
1950s American sports car
Scarab was an American sports car and open-wheel race car constructor featuring cars designed and built by Tom Barnes and Dick Troutman for Reventlow
Scarab_(constructor)
English mechanical engineer
ISBN 978-1-78159-011-9. "Differentials, The Theory and Practice", Phillip Edwards, Constructor Quarterly, No. 1 (September 1988), pp. 46-48. Retrieved from Internet Archive
H._E._Merritt
North American trade union
The International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) is a trade union in the United States and Canada that represents members who construct, modernize
International Union of Elevator Constructors
International_Union_of_Elevator_Constructors
Topics referred to by the same term
officers. Brendan Emmett Quigley, an American crossword puzzle constructor Business Ethics Quarterly, a scholarly journal sponsored by the Society for Business
BEQ
1967 essay by Roland Barthes
take up the idea of a text's potential for dialogic engagement with its constructor of meaning, and how that dialogic process is essential for self-reflexivity
The_Death_of_the_Author
Space exploration concept
itself. It is a concatenation of two concepts: a Von Neumann universal constructor (self-replicating machine) and a probe (an instrument to explore or examine
Self-replicating_spacecraft
Interpreter that enables users to enter and run programs in the BASIC language
evolve, they added support for object-oriented features such as methods, constructors, dynamic memory allocation, properties and temporary allocation. The
BASIC_interpreter
Country in Europe
Germany is one of the world's leading motor sports countries, with constructors such as BMW and Mercedes playing prominent roles in international competition
Germany
Italian automobile designer (1914–1997)
in Turin – 26 February 1997, in Turin) was an automobile designer and constructor. He took over Carrozzeria Bertone from his father, Giovanni after World
Nuccio_Bertone
Religions, Civil Society and Community Development: Meihua Boxers as Constructors of Social Trust and the Agrarian Public Sphere". Modern China. Sage Publishing
Religion_in_China
American engineer (1823–1863)
Horace's in the Confederate Secret Service and nephew of Isaac Singer, constructor of the sewing machine), and the remaining third to Singer associates
Horace_Lawson_Hunley
American mathematician (born 2003)
September 4, 2023. Shortz, Will (February 14, 2017). "The Youngest Crossword Constructor in New York Times History". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15
Daniel_Larsen_(mathematician)
American business magnate (1863–1947)
racing from 1901 to 1913 and began his involvement in the sport as both a constructor and a driver, later turning the wheel over to hired drivers. On October
Henry_Ford
List of versions of the Java programming language
(Third Preview) JEP 481: Scoped Values (Third Preview) JEP 482: Flexible Constructor Bodies (Second Preview) The String Templates preview feature was removed
Java_version_history
US Supreme Court justice since 1991
race-based affirmative action or preferential treatment. In Adarand Constructors v. Peña, he wrote, "there is a 'moral [and] constitutional equivalence'
Clarence_Thomas
Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company
the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 team. Mercedes have won eight straight Constructors' Championship titles and 7 Drivers' Championship titles from the beginning
Petronas
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer
Long Beach and Moscow. The team was only able to achieve fourth in the constructor's championship though, in part due to a rotating line-up of second drivers
Nio_Inc.
1994 death of Brazilian race car driver
aids. Although the Williams FW16 was still very fast (Williams won the Constructors' Championship in 1994), Senna was disappointed with its poor handling
Death_of_Ayrton_Senna
Canadian pianist (1932–1982)
cohesive whole. Gould said Bach was "first and last an architect, a constructor of sound, and what makes him so inestimably valuable to us is that he
Glenn_Gould
British jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber
bay. VX770 made an appearance at the 1952 Society of British Aircraft Constructors' (SBAC) Farnborough Air Show the next month when Falk demonstrated an
Avro_Vulcan
Philosophical and spiritual question
Deep Thought. When this answer is met with confusion and anger from its constructors, Deep Thought explains that "I think the problem such as it was, was
Meaning_of_life
Comedy style where the performer addresses the audience directly
According to Anna Spagnolli, stand-up comedy audiences "are both 'co-constructors of the situation' and 'co-responsible for it'". In stand-up comedy, an
Stand-up_comedy
Multinational automotive car manufacturing corporation
March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2026. "Get Connected Electric Vehicle Quarterly Report". The Alliance for Automotive Innovation. 5 January 2025. p. 13
Stellantis
American twin-engine, light aircraft produced 1937–1970
similar to the then-current Model D18S and given new designations, constructor's numbers, and Air Force serial numbers. The USN had many of its surviving
Beechcraft_Model_18
History of a New York City Subway line
October 1, 2010, MTA awarded a $431 million contract to joint venture SSK Constructors for the mining of the tunnels connecting the 72nd Street station to the
Construction of the Second Avenue Subway
Construction_of_the_Second_Avenue_Subway
Combined military forces of India
(JAG) and Education Corps in all three services, along with the Naval Constructor branch of the Navy and in the Accounts branch of the Air Force. This
Indian_Armed_Forces
Form of passenger urban rail transit
Corridor: Denver's T-REX project nears completion after five years". Constructor. McGraw-Hill Construction. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006
Light_rail
Material made from a combination of two or more unlike substances
Retrieved January 3, 2018. "Behaviour of Concrete Under Tension". The Constructor. 2012-12-06. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved
Composite_material
Observatory in London, England
1 June 2012. Woolley, Richard (1963). "1963QJRAS...4...47W Page 47". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 4: 47. Bibcode:1963QJRAS..
Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich
Religions, Civil Society and Community Development: Meihua Boxers as Constructors of Social Trust and the Agrarian Public Sphere". Modern China. Vermander
Chinese_folk_religion
Topics referred to by the same term
café restaurants based in Perth, Australia Dome (constructor), a Japanese-based racing car constructor Le Dôme, a garagiste wine label of Bordeaux wine
Dome_(disambiguation)
Possible nuclear power industry revival
a phaseout of nuclear power in the near future. As a result, German constructor Siemens exited the sector, and supported the German government's planned
Nuclear_renaissance
English neurosurgeon and Formula One doctor (1928–2012)
met Bernie Ecclestone, at the time chief executive of the Formula One Constructors Association, who offered Watkins the position of official Formula One
Sid_Watkins
British multinational tobacco company
Schoolgistsa. Schoolgist. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021. "Constructors: BAR". Grandprix.com. 10 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5
British_American_Tobacco
Execution, murder, or suicide method
Agrigentum, Sicily. As the story goes, the first victim of the bull was its constructor Perillos himself. The historian George Grote was among those regarding
Death_by_burning
American politician (1866-1945)
Subcommittee to consider minimum wage for government employees". The Elevator Constructor. XVI (1): 26. January 1919. Retrieved April 28, 2025. "Victory for the
Hiram_Johnson
Landmark U.S. civil rights and labor law
Vol. 110 Issue 3, pp 709–760 Revolution in Civil Rights. Congressional Quarterly Service. 1967. OCLC 894988538. Rodriguez, Daniel B. and Weingast, Barry
Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
Rail construction project in New York City
LIRR awarded a contract for the project to the consortium 3rd Track Constructors for $1.8 billion. A groundbreaking ceremony for the third track project
East_Side_Access
and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1940–1942)
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1940–1942)
1898 conflict between Spain and the United States
between Spanish and American naval forces followed. U.S. Assistant Naval Constructor, Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson was ordered by Rear Admiral William
Spanish–American_War
Subcommittee to consider minimum wage for government employees". The Elevator Constructor. XVI (1): 26. January 1919. Retrieved April 28, 2025. "Victory for the
Minimum wage in the United States
Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States
Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005
from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2017. Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995); City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488
William_Rehnquist
1968–1996 British nuclear weapons programme
2017. Daniel, R. J. (2004). The End of an Era: the Memoirs of a Naval Constructor. Penzance: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 978-1-904381-18-1. OCLC 474158922
Polaris (UK nuclear programme)
Polaris_(UK_nuclear_programme)
American multinational automobile manufacturer
of only three American constructors to win titles on the international scene at the FIA World Championships. As a constructor, Ford won the World Sportscar
Ford_Motor_Company
American automotive manufacturer
Trend, March 1980 Petersen's Sports Car Classics, No. 2, 1982 Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1985 Kit Car, July 1986 Kit Car Illustrated, October
Devin_Enterprises
British automotive company
agreement with Aston Martin. Aston Martin participated as a Formula One constructor in 1959 and 1960 entering six races over the two years but failing to
Aston_Martin
Fugitive, businessman, and former automotive executive (born 1954)
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 2010, CEO Quarterly magazine listed Ghosn as one of the "Most Respected CEOs". In 2010, he
Carlos_Ghosn
Sci-fi short story series by Stanisław Lem
The main protagonists of the stories are Trurl and Klapaucius, two "constructor" robots who travel the galaxy, constructing fantastic machines. Nearly
The_Cyberiad
Intercity rail service in Florida
Company, Wharton-Smith Inc., The Middlesex Corporation, Granite, and HSR Constructors. These five contractors are responsible for the development of 170 miles
Brightline
American information technology company
the spin-off of Worldpay. As of Q1 2025, the company reported strong quarterly results with a 3% year-over-year revenue increase and an adjusted EPS
FIS_(company)
Winners of satirical science award
single-handed method of "quality control". Chemistry: Ivette Bassa, constructor of colourful colloids, for her role in the crowning achievement of 20th
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners
Changing between languages during a conversation
"Language control signals operate on a subcortical gate that acts as a constructor of utterance plans. The gate interacts with frontal regions to select
Code-switching
Juan Miguel Villar Mir, exvicepresidente del Gobierno y decano de los constructores, a los 92 años (in Spanish) Artistul Poporului Teodor Zgureanu a plecat
Deaths_in_July_2024
Naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
Companion to Tudor Britain. John Wiley & Sons. p. 193. ISBN 978-1405137409. "Quarterly service personnel statistics: 1 October 2025". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved
Royal_Navy
Privately pooled investment fund using diverse strategies to seek high returns
hedge funds must agree to accept investments on the terms given by the constructor. To make the index liquid, these terms must include provisions for redemptions
Hedge_fund
"Chinese Operas on Stage and Screen: A Short Introduction". The Opera Quarterly. 26 (2–3): 181–199. doi:10.1093/oq/kbq028. S2CID 191471378. "将优秀戏曲纳入"国家典藏""
Chinese_opera
Aerospace manufacturer in Northern Ireland
Some of the early aircraft are designated using the Short sequence or constructors number which should not be confused with the similar type designations
Short_Brothers
coach, father of Chris Evert (b. 1924) August 22 Merle Reagle, crossword constructor (b. 1950) Lou Tsioropoulos, basketball player (b. 1930) August 24 – Joseph
2015_in_the_United_States
and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft before 1925
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_before_1925
Form of auto racing that occurs on a public road
carriages as a means of transportation for the average person. Of the constructors, first place was awarded jointly to Peugeot and Panhard et Levassor,
Street_racing
and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1943–1944)
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1943–1944)
French automobile engineer
Griffith (1975). "Gabriel Voisin Archetype of Constructors". Automobile Quarterly. 13 (4). Automobile Quarterly, Inc.: 342–357. Banovsky, Michael (13 August
André_Lefèbvre
Youth division of the CPSU
(2010) Pilkington, Hilary. Russia's Youth and its Culture: A Nation's Constructors and Constructed (1995) Tirado, Isabel A (1993). "The Komsomol and Young
Komsomol
Former Royal Navy Dockyard in Kent, England
of the British Army 1795-1809. Cambridge University Press. p. 218. The Quarterly Army List. R. C. Lepage & Co. 5 July 1859. p. 32. "General report of the
Chatham_Dockyard
Proposed suspension bridge linking Sicily to mainland Italy
Milano". polimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2024. "Sicily bridge constructor named". BBC News. 12 October 2005. Archived from the original on 16 October
Strait_of_Messina_Bridge
the same Formula One Grand Prix directly. Mahindra Racing is an Indian constructor competing in the Formula E Championship since the inaugural season in
Sport_in_India
UK publisher of transport books
Transport (no longer published) Railway Modeller (sold) Model Railway Constructor A history of the company and of its publications down to 1967 appeared
Ian_Allan_Publishing
Motor vehicle
Motor Sport, December 1957, Page 718, gives 1955 result. Automobile Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 39. Motor Racing, March 1957, Page 79. Competition
Elva_(car_manufacturer)
Art form combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
Scott, Derek B. (1998). "Orientalism and Musical Style". The Musical Quarterly. 82 (2): 323. doi:10.1093/mq/82.2.309. JSTOR 742411. "Minimalist music:
Opera
US Navy training base in Florida
Yard an unhealthy and potentially lethal assignment. For example, Naval Constructor Samuel Keep, writing to his brother in July 1826, stated emphatically
Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola
United Kingdom government agency
2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018. "Ministry of Defence Agencies". The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal. 125: 198. 22 August 2008. Commons, The Committee
Naval Recruitment Training Agency
Naval_Recruitment_Training_Agency
Trade association in the City of London
Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects 1988 99 Worshipful Company of Constructors 1990 100 Worshipful Company of Information Technologists 1992 101 Worshipful
Livery_company
British manufacturer of sports cars
(December 1993). British Sports Cars in America, 1946–1981. Automobile Quarterly. ISBN 978-0911968989. Dodds, Ralph (2015). TVR: Cars of the Peter Wheeler
TVR
British psychologist and author (born 1958)
Erran Baron Cohen. His maternal uncle was Canadian racing driver and constructor David Greenblatt. His maternal great-uncle was endocrinologist Robert
Simon_Baron-Cohen
Branch of type theory
type theory encompassing type systems that use the intersection type constructor ( ∩ ) {\displaystyle (\cap )} to assign multiple types to a single term
Intersection_type_discipline
Japanese multinational imaging corporation
Piquet (1987), Nigel Mansell (1992) and Alain Prost (1993) and Four World Constructors Championships (1986, 1987, 1992, 1993). In the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix
Canon_Inc.
Pilkington, Hilary (1995). Russia's Youth and its Culture: A Nation's Constructors and Constructed. pp. 57–60. Bernstein, Seth (2015). "Class Dismissed
History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953)
History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1927–1953)
the type and, if available, the serial number of the operator; the constructor's number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n); exterior
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–1949)
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1945–1949)
Labor organization from 1886 to 1955
"John L. Lewis and the Voting Behavior of the C.I.O." Public Opinion Quarterly, (1941) 5#2 (1941), pp. 233–249 at p. 241. online Archived August 11,
American_Federation_of_Labor
List of concepts in artificial intelligence
and reasoning complexity by supporting different sets of mathematical constructors. developmental robotics (DevRob) A scientific field which aims at studying
Glossary of artificial intelligence
Glossary_of_artificial_intelligence
Multiple interactions and regulation of life forms with their environment
substrates for molecular information and large combinatorial search spaces. Constructor logic of self-reproduction: closed compartments equipped with a von Neumann-like
Living_systems
Flag of English county
(Quarterly Or and Gules) are taken from the arms of the Beauchamp family, powerful in the county after the Norman conquest of England and constructors
Flag_of_Bedfordshire
Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems
official Solaris version. A later change to this program introduced a quarterly release model with support available, renamed Solaris Express Developer
Oracle_Solaris
Circa 1939-1963 congressional cross-party coalition in the United States
The Future of American Politics. Anchor Press. p. 13. The Elevator Constructor Volumes 46–47 1949 P.1 Race, Money, and the American Welfare State By
Conservative_coalition
American puzzle creator and editor (born 1952)
slurs for people of Asian descent. In 2020, more than 600 crossword constructors and solvers signed an open letter to the NYT executive director of puzzles
Will_Shortz
Spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England
the Morgan Motor Company, one of the world's longest-existing private constructors of automobiles produced in series. The Morgan Motor Car is a traditional
Malvern,_Worcestershire
Maritime service of the British Armed Forces
Auxiliary Service in 1976), the Fleet Reserve, and the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors were also considered part of the Naval Service. Referred to as the "Senior
His_Majesty's_Naval_Service
Actions of someone in a subordinate role
"Followership theory: A review and research agenda". The Leadership Quarterly. 25 (1): 83–104. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.11.007. Riggio (24 December
Followership
difficult to justify than other remedies for discrimination. Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 515 US 200 (1995) federal agency contracts and subcontracts
United_States_labor_law
American computational neuroscientist
processing systems, 9: 692-698, 1996 R. Douglas and M. Mahowald: "A Constructor set for Silicon Neurons", An Introduction to Neural and Electronic Networks:14
Misha_Mahowald
Italian automobile and racing car maker
rocketships Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine from Exotics Cars Quarterly (1991). formulevee.org Archived 2007-06-27 at the Wayback Machine The
Nardi_(carmaker)
American crossword creator
Lutwiniak (November 24, 1919 – January 24, 1992) was an American crossword constructor who was also known for his work as a cryptologist with the National Security
William_Lutwiniak
Type of behavior of a dynamical system
an environment outside a planetary atmosphere Von Neumann universal constructor – Self-replicating cellular automaton Virus – Infectious agent that replicates
Self-replication
CONSTRUCTOR QUARTERLY
CONSTRUCTOR QUARTERLY
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Construction; Arrangement; Creative Art; All Creation
Boy/Male
Muslim
Instructor, Haadi
Boy/Male
Indian
Instructor, Haadi
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Instructor; One of the Names of Prophet Muhammad PBUH
Boy/Male
Arabic, British, English, French, German, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Long-living; Builder; Popularity; Constructor; Religious Person; Long of Age; The Maker
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Spiritual Guide; Advisor; Instructor; Mentor
Girl/Female
Indian
Built; Construction; Creative Art; All Creation
Male
Arthurian
, Lanzelet's instructor.
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Muslim, Turkish
Built; Constructed; Senior
Girl/Female
Tamil
Light, Beauty, Prosperity, Rank, Power, Steel construction company
Boy/Male
Muslim
The constrictor
Girl/Female
Hindu
Light, Beauty, Prosperity, Rank, Power, Steel construction company
Girl/Female
Tamil
Creation, Construction, Arrangement
Boy/Male
Indian
The constrictor
Girl/Female
Hindu
Creation, Construction, Arrangement
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Produce; New Construction
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Spiritual guide instructor, mentor
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Creation; Evolution; Construction
Girl/Female
Tamil
Creation, Construction, Arrangement
Girl/Female
Hindu
Creation, Construction, Arrangement
CONSTRUCTOR QUARTERLY
CONSTRUCTOR QUARTERLY
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
A Bright Chariot
Male
Egyptian
, builder of the second pyramid.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Ambrosius, AMBROGIO means "immortal."
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of the Lord of Light
Boy/Male
Muslim
Complete
Girl/Female
Biblical
Abundance, bearing fruit.
Girl/Female
Indian
The pure one
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Verdun.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Variation of Jenny which is a diminutive of jane and jennifer
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian, Tamil
Ritual or Installed as a King; Bathing of God
CONSTRUCTOR QUARTERLY
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n.
An instructor.
n.
See Instructor.
n.
A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
a.
Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.
v. t.
To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
v. t.
To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
n.
That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.
n.
The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
a.
Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Construct
imp. & p. p.
of Construct
v. t.
To construct.
n.
The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
n.
One who, or that which, constructs or frames.
n.
That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
n.
The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
n.
The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.
n.
A constructer.
n.
That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed.
n.
A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.