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relay cylinder

relay cylinder noun: in a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.

Noun

relay cylinder (plural relay cylinders)

  1. In a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.

Forms of relay cylinder

pluralrelay cylinders

Questions about relay cylinder

What does relay cylinder mean?
Relay cylinder means in a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.
What part of speech is relay cylinder?
Relay cylinder is a noun.
What is the plural of relay cylinder?
The plural of relay cylinder is relay cylinders.

Words near relay cylinder in the dictionary

  1. relaxors
  2. relaxosomal
  3. relaxosome
  4. relaxosomes
  5. relay
  6. relay cylinder
  7. relay cylinders
  8. relay race
  9. relay races
  10. relay room
  11. relay rooms

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