exhaust steam

  • 71Superheated steam — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …

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  • 72surcharged steam — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …

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  • 73Wet steam — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …

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  • 74wet steam — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …

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  • 75exhaust pipe — noun a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler • Hypernyms: ↑pipe, ↑pipage, ↑piping • Part Holonyms: ↑exhaust, ↑exhaust system * * * exhaust pipe or exhaust valve …

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  • 76Steam turbine locomotive — A steam turbine locomotive is a steam locomotive which transmits steam power to the wheels via a steam turbine. Numerous attempts at this type of locomotive were made, mostly without success. In the 1930s this type of locomotive was seen as a way …

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  • 77exhaust — exhauster, n. exhaustible, adj. exhaustibility, n. /ig zawst /, v.t. 1. to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working. 2. to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: He… …

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  • 78exhaust — ex•haust [[t]ɪgˈzɔst[/t]] v. t. 1) to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working[/ex] 2) to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of 3) to draw out all that is essential in (a… …

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  • 79Exhaust port — Port Port, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See {Port} a harbor, and cf. {Porte}.] 1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Him I accuse… …

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  • 80exhaust — 1 verb (T) 1 to make someone extremely tired so that they have no energy left: I find a full day s teaching exhausts me. | exhaust sb to do sth: It exhausted him even to talk very long. 2 to use all of something: We ve nearly exhausted our coal… …

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