1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
1
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
2
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
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: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
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David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
An external pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries was released from the International Space Station, in orbit 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2021.NASA
Low-Earth orbit space debris has been a problem since the first satellite launch in 1957.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
The agency confirmed Monday that the 1.6-pound object was debris from a cargo pallet that had been intentionally released from the space station three years ago.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
But the pallet with nine batteries was the most massive object to ever be released from the ISS.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
In the age of cannabis commerce, artists have a more diverse pallet to draw onto and monetize.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, with whom Otero later connected, posted on X last month that the pallet would reenter the atmosphere between March 8 and March 9, almost exactly three years after it was released.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
The pallet was jettisoned from the space station in 2021 and the load was expected to eventually fully burn up on entry into Earth's atmosphere, but one piece survived.
—CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
Rosenbaum led a tour of the facilities Monday, taking a group of reporters and cameras from one sterile, shiny, white room to another, each with several giant printer-like machines, moving around tiny pallets with dozens of samples, as technicians in white lab coats supervised.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
Expect a cerulean and chrome color pallet accented by mercurial mirrors, pops of coral, and brass with surfaces lined in gray wood veneer, pearlescent shagreen, and Arabescato marble, conferring a feminine yet art deco aesthetic.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
An external pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries was released from the International Space Station, in orbit 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2021.NASA
Low-Earth orbit space debris has been a problem since the first satellite launch in 1957.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
The agency confirmed Monday that the 1.6-pound object was debris from a cargo pallet that had been intentionally released from the space station three years ago.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
But the pallet with nine batteries was the most massive object to ever be released from the ISS.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
In the age of cannabis commerce, artists have a more diverse pallet to draw onto and monetize.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, with whom Otero later connected, posted on X last month that the pallet would reenter the atmosphere between March 8 and March 9, almost exactly three years after it was released.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
The pallet was jettisoned from the space station in 2021 and the load was expected to eventually fully burn up on entry into Earth's atmosphere, but one piece survived.
—CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
Rosenbaum led a tour of the facilities Monday, taking a group of reporters and cameras from one sterile, shiny, white room to another, each with several giant printer-like machines, moving around tiny pallets with dozens of samples, as technicians in white lab coats supervised.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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