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  • 41steam packet — noun A steam vessel plying between certain ports • • • Main Entry: ↑steam …

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  • 42Steam jet cooling — uses a high pressure jet of steam to cool water or other fluid media. Typical uses include industrial sites, where a suitable steam supply already exists for other purposes or, historically, for air conditioning on passenger trains which use… …

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  • 43Steam generator (railroad) — Steam generator is the term used to describe a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars. The output of a railroad steam generator is low pressure, saturated steam that is passed …

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  • 44Steam engine — Steam en gine ([e^]n j[i^]n). An engine moved by steam. [1913 Webster] Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the action of… …

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  • 45Vessel — Разработчик Strange Loop Games Издатели Steam Дата выпуска 1 марта 2012 Жанр Платформер Платформа Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 …

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  • 46Steam Tug Wattle — is a vessel which is currently out of survey. She was launched in 1933 as a tug in Sydney, Australia. She ran commercial cruises around Melbourne and surrounding areas. She suspended her marine commercial service in 2003 and is currently located… …

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  • 47steam — (n.) O.E. steam vapor, fume, from P.Gmc. *staumaz (Cf. Du. stoom), of unknown origin. The verb is from O.E. stemen, stymen to emit a scent or odor; slang meaning to make angry is from 1922. Steamer is 1814 in the cookery sense, 1825 as a vessel… …

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  • 48Steam — (st[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steamed} (st[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steaming}.] 1. To emit steam or vapor. [1913 Webster] My brother s ghost hangs hovering there, O er his warm blood, that steams into the air. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Let the… …

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  • 49steam|er — «STEE muhr», noun. 1. a steamboat; steamship. 2. an engine run by steam. 3. a container in which something is steamed or kept warm, as for sterilization or cooking. 4. a boiler or other vessel for generating steam. 5. = steamcar. (Cf. ↑steamcar) …

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  • 50Steam engine — A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564472/steam engine steam engine Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ] Steam engines have a long history,… …

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