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  • 81pressure — pressureless, adj. /presh euhr/, n., v., pressured, pressuring. n. 1. the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall. 2. Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: P Cf. stress… …

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  • 82Gas mantle — For other uses of mantle see: mantleAn incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle, or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source, existing gas lights which filled the …

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  • 83Pressure wave supercharger — A pressure wave supercharger (also known as a wave rotor[1]) is a type of supercharger technology that harnesses the pressure waves produced by an internal combustion engine exhaust gas pulses to compress the intake air. Its automotive use is not …

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  • 84Pressure-fed cycle (rocket) — The pressure fed cycle is a class of rocket engine designs. A separate gas supply, usually helium, pressurizes the propellant tanks to force fuel and oxidizer to the combustion chamber. To maintain adequate flow, the tank pressures must exceed… …

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  • 85Gas lighting — For other uses, see Gaslight (disambiguation). Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before… …

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  • 86High Shear Mixer — A high shear mixer disperses, or transports, one phase or ingredient (liquid, solid, gas) into a main continuous phase (liquid), with which it would normally be immiscible.Input of energyThis phase transport is accomplished by an input of energy …

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  • 87Pressure drop — For other uses, see Pressure Drop (disambiguation). Pressure drop is a term used to describe the decrease in pressure from one point in a pipe or tube to another point downstream. Pressure drop is the result of frictional forces on the fluid as… …

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  • 88Gas flare — which results from the decomposition of materials in the dump.Recently, under the Kyoto Treaty, some developing countries garbage collecting companies have received carbon bonus for installing burning chimneys for the methane gas produced at… …

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  • 89pressure — 1 noun 1 force (U) the act of force or weight being put on to something: The pressure of the water turns the wheel. | factors such as temperature and pressure 2 strength (C, U) the strength of the force or weight put on something: high/low… …

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  • 90High-speed rail in the United Kingdom — The United Kingdom has four classic main railway lines operating at convert|125|mph|km/h|sigfig=2, plus convert|108|km|mi|sigfig=1 of High Speed 1 high speed line.The fastest current UK domestic services operate at convert|125|mph|km/h|sigfig=2… …

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