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| airbrake |
a brake or brake system operated by the force of compressed air against a piston. |
| air curtain |
a draft of compressed air blown continuously across a doorway, usu. downward, to act as a door in maintaining interior temperature. |
| air gun |
a gun that is operated by compressed air and usu. fires small pellets. [2 definitions] |
| air pressure |
the pressure of compressed air, as in a tire or pump, or the pressure of the earth's atmosphere. |
| air rifle |
a rifle operated by compressed air, used to fire small pellets or the like. |
| Bessemer process |
a process for making steel by blasting hot compressed air through molten pig iron to remove impurities. |
| diesel |
shortened form of "diesel engine," a type of internal-combustion engine that burns fuel oil which is ignited by being sprayed into a chamber in which highly compressed air, rather than an electric spark, provides the heat. [1/3 definitions] |
| diesel engine |
a type of internal-combustion engine that burns fuel oil which is ignited by being sprayed into a chamber in which highly compressed air, rather than an electric spark, provides the heat. |
| fireflood |
a procedure designed to increase the flow of oil from an oil well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil. |
| jackhammer |
a hand-held device powered by compressed air, used to drill rock, cement, or the like; pneumatic drill. |
| pneumatic |
filled with air, esp. compressed air; inflated. [1/5 definitions] |
| popgun |
a toy gun from which a pellet or cork is shot by compressed air with a loud pop. |
| ramjet |
a jet engine powered by a stream of compressed air that is forced out faster than it is taken in during forward motion of the plane. |
| turbocharger |
a device attached to an internal-combustion engine that uses the exhaust gases to power a turbine that drives a supercharger that supplies compressed air to the cylinders. |
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