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  • 11liquid oxygen — noun a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants • Syn: ↑LOX • Hypernyms: ↑oxygen, ↑O, ↑atomic number 8 * * * noun : a pale… …

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  • 12liquid — 1. An inelastic substance, like water, that is neither solid nor gaseous and in which the molecules are relatively free to move with respect to each other yet still are restricted by intermolecular forces. 2. Flowing like water. [L. liquidus]… …

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  • 13Liquid rocket — A liquid rocket is a rocket with an engine that uses propellants in liquid form. Liquids are desirable because their reasonably high density allows the volume and hence the mass of the tanks to be relatively low, resulting in a high mass ratio.… …

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  • 14Liquid nitrogen economy — A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid hydrogen in some transport modes and as a means of… …

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  • 15Liquid gas — Due to the age of this content, you may be looking for: *liquid oxygen *liquid nitrogen *paramagnetism (oxygen) *superconducting metals *ferromagnetism (magnets) *liquified petroleum gasIn 1911Liquid gas: Low temperatures have very marked effects …

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  • 16liquid — 1. noun /ˈlɪkwɪd/ a) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which… …

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  • 17Liquid-to-gas ratio — An important parameter in wet scrubbing systems is the rate of liquid flow. It is common in wet scrubber terminology to express the liquid flow as a function of the gas flow rate that is being treated. This is commonly called the liquid to gas… …

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  • 18Gaseous fission reactor — A gas nuclear reactor (or gas fueled reactor ) limits the only temperature limiting materials in a reactor to the reactor walls. A limitation for conventional nuclear fission reactors is that if the nuclear fuel temperature were to rise too high… …

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  • 19liquid ammonia — noun : a heavy liquid that has a high vapor pressure at ordinary temperatures, that causes freezing when brought into contact with the skin, that is obtained by compressing anhydrous gaseous ammonia, and that is used in refrigeration and as a… …

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  • 20liquid — liq•uid [[t]ˈlɪk wɪd[/t]] adj. 1) phs composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid 2) of, pertaining to, or consisting of liquids: a liquid diet[/ex] 3) flowing …

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