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boiloffs

boiloffs is the plural of boiloff.

Meaning of boiloff

Noun

boiloff (countable and uncountable, plural boiloffs)

  1. The vaporization of a liquid (or solid) whose boiling point is lower than that of the environment in which it is stored.
    • One would not be able to return from an extended holiday and drive off in the family car in view of the boiloff from even the best insulated tank.1970, Lawrence William Jones, Toward a Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Economy, page 11

Questions about boiloffs

What is boiloffs the plural of?
Boiloffs is the plural of boiloff.

Words near boiloffs in the dictionary

  1. boiling-house
  2. boiling-point elevation
  3. boilingly
  4. boilings
  5. boiloff
  6. boiloffs
  7. boilover
  8. boilovers
  9. boils
  10. boils away
  11. boils down

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