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Definition of steam
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Steaming
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stea.
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Coil
::
Coil (n.) A
series
of
connected
pipes in rows or
layers,
as in a steam
heating
apparatus..
Priming
::
Priming
(n.) The
carrying
over of
water,
with the
steam,
from the
boiler,
as into the
cylinder..
Sputter
::
Sputter
(v. i.) To throw out
anything,
as
little
jets of
steam,
with a noise like that made by one
sputtering..
Reeky
::
Reeky (a.)
Soiled
with smoke or
steam;
smoky;
foul.
Dashpot
::
Dashpot
(n.) A
pneumatic
or
hydraulic
cushion
for a
falling
weight,
as in the valve gear of a steam
engine,
to
prevent
shock..
Stagnant
::
Stagnant
(a.) That
stagnates;
not
flowing;
not
running
in a
current
or
steam;
motionless;
hence,
impure
or foul from want of
motion;
as, a
stagnant
lake or pond;
stagnant
blood in the
veins..
Autoclave
::
Autoclave
(n.) A kind of
French
stewpan
with a
steam-tight
lid.
Manometer
::
Manometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
or
elastic
force of
gases,
steam,
etc.,
constructed
usually
on the
principle
of
allowing
the gas to exert its
elastic
force in
raising
a
column
of
mercury
in an open tube, or in
compressing
a
portion
of air or other gas in a
closed
tube with
mercury
or other
liquid
intervening,
or in
bending
a
metallic
or other
spring
so as to set in
motion
an
index;
a
pressure
gauge.
See
Pressure,
and
Illust.
of Air
pump..
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..
Cycloscope
::
Cycloscope
(n.) A
machine
for
measuring
at any
moment
velocity
of
rotation,
as of a wheel of a steam
engine..
Organ
::
Organ (n.) A
component
part
performing
an
essential
office
in the
working
of any
complex
machine;
as, the
cylinder,
valves,
crank,
etc., are
organs
of the steam
engine..
Release
::
Release
(n.) The act of
opening
the
exhaust
port to allow the steam to
escape.
Inspirator
::
Inspirator
(n.) A kind of
injector
for
forcing
water by
steam.
See
Injector,
n., 2..
Locomotive
::
Locomotive
(n.) A
locomotive
engine;
a
self-propelling
wheel
carriage,
especially
one which bears a steam
boiler
and one or more steam
engines
which
communicate
motion
to the
wheels
and thus
propel
the
carriage,
-- used to
convey
goods or
passengers,
or to draw
wagons,
railroad
cars, etc. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Lag
::
Lag (n.) The
amount
of
retardation
of
anything,
as of a valve in a steam
engine,
in
opening
or
closing..
Clambake
::
Clambake
(n.) The
backing
or
steaming
of clams on
heated
stones,
between
layers
of
seaweed;
hence,
a
picnic
party,
gathered
on such an
occasion..
Gas
::
Gas (n.) An
aeriform
fluid;
-- a term used at first by
chemists
as
synonymous
with air, but since
restricted
to
fluids
supposed
to be
permanently
elastic,
as
oxygen,
hydrogen,
etc., in
distinction
from
vapors,
as
steam,
which
become
liquid
on a
reduction
of
temperature.
In
present
usage,
since all of the
supposed
permanent
gases have been
liquified
by cold and
pressure,
the term has
resumed
nearly
its
original
signification,
and is
applied
to any
substance
in the
elastic
or
aeriform
state..
Regulate
::
Regulate
(v. t.) To
adjust,
or
maintain,
with
respect
to a
desired
rate,
degree,
or
condition;
as, to
regulate
the
temperature
of a room, the
pressure
of
steam,
the speed of a
machine,
etc..
Power
::
Power (n.) A
mechanical
agent;
that from which
useful
mechanical
energy
is
derived;
as, water
power;
steam
power;
hand
power,
etc..
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..
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