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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: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Caoutchouc
noun · 78% connection
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Concertina
noun · 78% connection
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Construction
noun · 78% connection
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
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: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Dasymeter
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Elastic
adjective · 78% connection
Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twiste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Exert
verb · 78% connection
To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Extensometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Force
noun · 78% connection
To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Gas
noun · 78% connection
An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Gasometry
noun · 78% connection
The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Gauge
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Hydrometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Injector
noun · 78% connection
A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Labor
noun · 78% connection
To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.
Lever
noun · 78% connection
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, measuring, tension, elastic, force.