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Feeder may refer to:
Technology
Feeder (livestock equipment)
Feeder (beekeeping) , any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources
Feeder (casting) , another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage
Feeder cells, are cells that line a
Petri dish to provide cell contact for cells or tissues that grow on top of the feeder cells
Feeder,
frontage road , or other small road eventually delivering traffic to a larger one
Feeder line (disambiguation) , a peripheral route or branch from a main line or trunk line
Aquarium fish feeder , an electric or electronic device that is designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals
Automatic document feeder , in office equipment
Bird feeder
Bowl feeder , used to feed components automation applications
Bulk feeder
Leaky feeder , a communications system used in underground mining and other tunnel environments
Rotary feeder , a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system
Variable rate feeder , a piece of industrial control equipment used to deliver solid material at a known rate into some process
Vibrating feeder , an instrument that uses vibration to feed material to a process or machine
In
video game terminology , a character who dies repeatedly
People
Vehicles
Feeder bus,
bus service that brings people from a rail station or transit hub to their final destination or vice versa
Feeder ship , a small-to-medium container ship which collects and distributes containers between ports and hubs
Electrical
In
electric power distribution , voltage power line transferring power from a distribution substation to the distribution transformers
An
electrical wiring circuit in a building which carries power from a transformer or switch gear to a distribution panel
A circuit conductor between the power supply source and a final branch circuit over current device
Feeder link , a radio link from an earth station at a given location to a space station (up-link), or vice versa (down-link)
Entertainment
Organisms
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See also
Topics referred to by the same term