The erecting shop has pit accommodation for 39 locomotives, …
[p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and function of shops … Erecting Shop: Stripping and erection of locomotives and frame repairs.
An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc. It is hard to see any practical reason for this change of fashion: it is probably due to an instinctive turning-away from the more homely word and a vague feeling that the Greek word is scientific.
Sign off for the small-town radio station was at midnight.
(i) The identity relation on a set A is an antisymmetric relation.
(ii) Let R be a relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by
x R y ⇔ 'x divides y' for all x, y ∈ N.
This relation is an antisymmetric relation on N.