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hopper

  (hŏp'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that hops.
    1. A usually funnel-shaped container in which materials, such as grain or coal, are stored in readiness for dispensation.
    2. A freight car with a door in the floor through which materials are unloaded.
    3. A box in which a bill is placed pending formal introduction before a legislature.
    4. Informal. A place in which something is held in readiness: a studio with many potential blockbusters in the hopper.

[Sense 2, from the shaking or hopping motion of grain hoppers as grain passed through them to the mill.]


 
 

A tray, or chute, that accepts input to a mechanical device, such as a disk duplicator or printer. In the days of punch cards, millions of cards were numerically or alphabetically organized by placing them into the hopper of a card sorter, taking them out of all the stackers and putting them back into the hopper for the next card column.

Sorter Hopper
In the 1940s and 1950s, millions of punch cards were placed into hoppers on IBM sorters such as this one. The hoppers were also fitted with two-foot extensions that held more cards.

Paper Hoppers
This Dataproducts laser printer holds 250 sheets of paper in the top hopper and 2,000 in the bottom.



 

Indian; steamed batter cake made from rice flour mixed with coconut water and allowed to undergo lactic acid fermentation overnight.

 
Architecture: hopper


1. A funnel-shaped bin or chute; used to store loose construction materials, such as crushed stone or sand.
2. One of two barriers on both sides of a hopper light to prevent airflow through the side openings at the ends of the inward-sloping pivoted sash (ventilator, 2).
3. A water tank which releases its contents through a pipe at the bottom; esp. used with a water closet.
4. A water-closet bowl, esp. one that is funnel-shaped.
5. See collection hopper.


 
Wikipedia: Hopper (disambiguation)

The word hopper can mean:

  • A wide bin-like entry to feed large bulks of solid matter into a machine. It is open above, and tapers, being thinner at the bottom where it feeds into the mechanism, e.g. [1]. Often refers to hoppers used in paintball markers, which house and feed paint balls into the marker.
  • In agriculture, a hopper on a combine is a tank or bin where the harvested grain is temporarily stored until it is unloaded to a truck or grain cart. A hopper on an agricultural aircraft is a tank inside the fuselage used to hold superphosphate or other chemicals for airborne application over crops or pasture.
  • In aviation, a hopper is a one person, basket-less ultralight hot air balloon.
  • In biology, the immature form or nymph of a locust, but sometimes also referring to leafhoppers and treehoppers. Large groups of these nymphs are called hopper bands.
  • In chess variants, a hopper is a piece which moves by jumping over another piece.
  • In football, a supporter of the Grasshopper-Club Zürich.
  • In politics, in the United States House of Representatives, the hopper is the box which sits on the House Clerk's desk, into which a bill or resolution is dropped for introduction.
  • In ship transportation, a hopper is a ship or vessel to carry the dumping materials (like rock, sand, soil or rubbish) to fill up the sea, river or lake for lands by reclamation methods.
  • In Sri Lankan cuisine a hopper is a food, used most frequently for breakfast.
  • In transportation, a type of goods railway wagon for carrying bulk solids. See hopper car for open-topped cars or covered hopper for cars with a roof.
  • Hopper, a spacecraft.
  • Hopper, cat
  • Hopper, a part of power plants.
  • Hopper, the band.
  • Hopper is the name of a wolf and minor character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.

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Translations: Translations for: Hopper

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - en der hopper, en der springer, en der aflægger kort besøg

2.
n. - cisterne, tragtformet beholder, stokertragt, fyldetragt

Nederlands (Dutch)
elk springend beest/ insect, hopperschuit/ -wagen, (vul)trechter, voorraad-/ grondstofreservoir, ideeënbus, pianowippertje

Français (French)
1.
n. - trémie, (Comput) magasin d'alimentation (de cartes perforées)

2.
n. - personne qui fait la cueillette du houblon

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Trichter, hüpfendes Tier, Tänzer

2.
n. - Hopfenpflücker

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άλτης, χοάνη/χωνί (αδειάσματος ή τροφοδοσίας), όχημα με καταπακτή εκφόρτωσης

Italiano (Italian)
pulce, persona saltellante, tino, tramoggia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colhedor (m) de lúpulo (Agr.), cone (m) alimentador, saltão (m) (Entom.)

Русский (Russian)
прыгун, прыгающее насекомое, бункер, сборщик хмеля, ящик для предложений, хоппер

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - insecto saltador, pulga, tolva

2.
n. - insecto saltador, pulga, tolva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hoppare, känguru, matarbinge (tekn.), mudderpråm

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
单足跳者

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 單足跳者

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 깡충깡충 뛰는 사람, 뛰는 벌레, 캥거루

2.
n. - 깔대기 모양의 그릇, 자동식 파종기, 밑바닥이 열리는 운반선

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 跳ぶもの, ホッパー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الواثب أو القافز بخاصه الحشرة النطاطه, القادوس, وعاء قمعي الشكل لتلقيم الطاحونه أو الآله بالقمح أو الفحم, الصفيحه المصرفه صفيحه للسوائل ذات اداة تمكنها من تفريغ محتوياتها عبر انبوب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חגב, אפרכסת (דמויית משפך), פרעוש, מרזב לגרעיני דגנים, סירה-משא לבוץ שנחפר‬
n. - ‮מלקט כשות - צמח המשמש בתעשיית הבירה‬


 
 

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