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Definition of steam
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of steam is as below...
Steam (n.) The mist
formed
by
condensed
vapor;
visible
vapor;
-- so
called
in
popular
usage.
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Hypothesis
::
Hypothesis
(n.) A
supposition;
a
proposition
or
principle
which is
supposed
or taken for
granted,
in order to draw a
conclusion
or
inference
for proof of the point in
question;
something
not
proved,
but
assumed
for the
purpose
of
argument,
or to
account
for a fact or an
occurrence;
as, the
hypothesis
that head winds
detain
an
overdue
steamer..
Generator
::
Generator
(n.) An
apparatus
in which vapor or gas is
formed
from a
liquid
or solid by means of heat or
chemical
process,
as a steam
boiler,
gas
retort,
or
vessel
for
generating
carbonic
acid gas, etc..
Due
::
Due (a.)
Appointed
or
required
to
arrive
at a given time; as, the
steamer
was due
yesterday..
Calorimeter
::
Calorimeter
(n.) An
apparatus
for
measuring
the
proportion
of
unevaporated
water
contained
in
steam.
Purge
::
Purge (v. t.) To clear of
sediment,
as a
boiler,
or of air, as a steam pipe, by
driving
off or
permitting
escape..
Steam
::
Steam (v. i.) To move or
travel
by the
agency
of
steam.
Injector
::
Injector
(n.) 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 the
boiler
by the
impulse
of a jet of the steam which
becomes
condensed
as soon as it
strikes
the
stream
of cold water it
impels;
-- also
called
Giffard's
injector,
from the
inventor..
Ticket
::
Ticket
(v.) A
certificate
or token of right of
admission
to a place of
assembly,
or of
passage
in a
public
conveyance;
as, a
theater
ticket;
a
railroad
or
steamboat
ticket..
Priming
::
Priming
(n.) The
carrying
over of
water,
with the
steam,
from the
boiler,
as into the
cylinder..
High-pressure
::
High-pressure
(a.)
Having
or
involving
a
pressure
greatly
exceeding
that of the
atmosphere;
-- said of
steam,
air,
water,
etc., and of
steam,
air, or
hydraulic
engines,
water
wheels,
etc..
Lacashire Boiler
::
Lacashire
boiler
() A steam
boiler
having
two flues which
contain
the
furnaces
and
extend
through
the
boiler
from end to end.
Regulator
::
Regulator
(n.) A
contrivance
for
regulating
and
controlling
motion,
as: (a) The lever or index in a
watch,
which
controls
the
effective
length
of the
hairspring,
and thus
regulates
the
vibrations
of the
balance.
(b) The
governor
of a steam
engine.
(c) A valve for
controlling
the
admission
of steam to the steam
chest,
in a
locomotive..
Caliduct
::
Caliduct
(n.) A pipe or duct used to
convey
hot air or
steam.
Slow
::
Slow (v. t.) To
render
slow; to
slacken
the speed of; to
retard;
to
delay;
as, to slow a
steamer..
Trunk
::
Trunk (n.) A large pipe
forming
the
piston
rod of a steam
engine,
of
sufficient
diameter
to allow one end of the
connecting
rod to be
attached
to the
crank,
and the other end to pass
within
the pipe
directly
to the
piston,
thus
making
the
engine
more
compact..
Frigate
::
Frigate
(n.)
Originally,
a
vessel
of the
Mediterranean
propelled
by sails and by oars. The
French,
about 1650,
transferred
the name to
larger
vessels,
and by 1750 it had been
appropriated
for a class of war
vessels
intermediate
between
corvettes
and ships of the line.
Frigates,
from about 1750 to 1850, had one full
battery
deck and,
often,
a spar deck with a
lighter
battery.
They
carried
sometimes
as many as fifty guns. After the
application
of steam to
navigation
steam
frigates
of
largely
incre
Dummy
::
Dummy (n.) A
locomotive
with
condensing
engines,
and,
hence,
without
the noise of
escaping
steam;
also, a dummy car..
Hogframe
::
Hogframe
(n.) A
trussed
frame
extending
fore and aft,
usually
above deck, and
intended
to
increase
the
longitudinal
strength
and
stiffness.
Used
chiefly
in
American
river and lake
steamers.
Called
also
hogging
frame,
and
hogback..
Backwater
::
Backwater
(n.) Water
thrown
back by the
turning
of a
waterwheel,
or by the
paddle
wheels
of a
steamer..
Receiver
::
Receiver
(n.) A
vessel
for
receiving
the
exhaust
steam from the
high-pressure
cylinder
before
it
enters
the
low-pressure
cylinder,
in a
compound
engine..
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