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I . jackknife N

jackknife

canivete m (grande)

II . jackknife VB intr AUTO

jackknife

dobrar-se ao meio

the truck skidded on the ice and then jackknifed

o caminhão derrapou no gelo e depois dobrou-se ao meio

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They have advanced safety systems, including specialized couplers designed to keep trains from rolling over, jackknifing, or derailing during a collision. en.wikipedia.org

She slowed to a halt, mortally stricken, and began folding up like a jackknife. en.wikipedia.org

The jackknife predates other common resampling methods such as the bootstrap. en.wikipedia.org

Using a jackknife, he gradually exposed five fossil trackways imprinted in a slab of sandstone measuring 16-by-14 inches (40-by-35 cm). en.wikipedia.org

Whether to use the bootstrap or the jackknife may depend more on operational aspects than on statistical concerns of a survey. en.wikipedia.org

The drivers of the car and the tractor-trailer that jackknifed were not hurt. en.wikipedia.org

Rubber gloves, antiseptic wipes, tinfoil, jackknife, or halazone tablets (which purify the water) are also to be included into a survival kit. en.wikipedia.org

In extreme circumstances, a driver may attempt to deliberately jackknife the vehicle in order to halt it following brake failure. en.wikipedia.org

On non-articulated trains couplings may break and the carriages may jackknife. en.wikipedia.org

For the more general jackknife, the delete-m observations jackknife, the bootstrap can be seen as a random approximation of it. en.wikipedia.org

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