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topping cycles

topping cycles is the plural of topping cycle.

Meaning of topping cycle

Noun

topping cycle (plural topping cycles)

  1. The high-temperature power cycle of a combined cycle power plant.
    • The very-high-temperature helium turbine, driven directly by the superheated coolant from the fission reactor, serves as the topping cycle for a mercury-vapor turbine powered by the heat given up by the helium; the mercury turbine itself serves as the topping cycle for the steam turbine that takes...

Questions about topping cycles

What is topping cycles the plural of?
Topping cycles is the plural of topping cycle.

Words near topping cycles in the dictionary

  1. toppies
  2. Toppin
  3. topping
  4. topping and tailing
  5. topping cycle
  6. topping cycles
  7. topping from the bottom
  8. topping it all
  9. topping it off
  10. topping lift
  11. topping lifts

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