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Blast pipe
unknown · 78% connection
The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Chest
noun · 78% connection
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Cleading
noun · 78% connection
A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Collapse
verb · 78% connection
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Condenser
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Cushion
noun · 78% connection
a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Cut-off
noun · 78% connection
The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Cylinder
noun · 78% connection
The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
D valve
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Duty
noun · 78% connection
The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Engineer
noun · 78% connection
One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Fender
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Gear
noun · 78% connection
A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Gearing
noun · 78% connection
The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
High-pressure
adjective · 78% connection
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hyd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Hippurite
noun · 78% connection
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper val…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Ileocolic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
Indicator
noun · 78% connection
An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pneumatic, hydraulic, cushion, falling, weight.
