| slovo | definícia |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,dobírat v: Zdeněk Brož |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,dobrat v: Zdeněk Brož |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,spotřebovat Zdeněk Brož |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,vyčerpat |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,vyčerpávat |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,výfuk Zdeněk Brož |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,výfukový plyn Zdeněk Brož |
exhaust
(encz) | exhaust,vytěžit Zdeněk Brož |
Exhaust
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
exhausted by evaporation.
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2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
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A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
--Motley.
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4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
as, to exhaust a subject.
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5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
ether.
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Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
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Exhaust
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, n. (Steam Engine)
1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work
there.
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2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe
provided for the purpose.
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exhaust
(wn) | exhaust
n 1: gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn:
exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes]
2: system consisting of the parts of an engine through which
burned gases or steam are discharged [syn: exhaust,
exhaust system]
v 1: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm
beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" [syn:
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out]
2: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of
gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20
bottles of wine a week" [syn: consume, eat up, use up,
eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]
3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap,
tire]
4: use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food
supplies"
5: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted
in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust,
discharge, expel, eject, release] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
exhausted
(mass) | exhausted
- unavený, vyčerpaný |
exhaustive
(mass) | exhaustive
- dôkladný |
exhaustively
(mass) | exhaustively
- dôkladne, úplne |
be exhausted
(encz) | be exhausted,vyčerpávat se |
egr (exhaust-gas recirculation)
(encz) | EGR (exhaust-gas recirculation),recirkulace výfukových
plynů [zkr.] Suky |
exhaust fan
(encz) | exhaust fan, n: |
exhaust fumes
(encz) | exhaust fumes,výfukový plyn n: Lukáš Jirkovský |
exhaust hood
(encz) | exhaust hood, n: |
exhaust manifold
(encz) | exhaust manifold, n: |
exhaust pipe
(encz) | exhaust pipe,výfuk n: Zdeněk Brožexhaust pipe,výfuková roura n: Zdeněk Brož |
exhaust system
(encz) | exhaust system, n: |
exhaust valve
(encz) | exhaust valve, n: |
exhausted
(encz) | exhausted,unavený exhausted,vyčerpaný exhausted,znavený Hynek Hanke |
exhaustedly
(encz) | exhaustedly, |
exhaustible
(encz) | exhaustible,vyčerpatelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
exhaustible resource
(encz) | exhaustible resource,vyčerpatelné zdroje Zdeněk Brož |
exhausting
(encz) | exhausting,vyčerpávající Hynek Hankeexhausting,vysilující adj: Pino |
exhaustion
(encz) | exhaustion,vyčerpání Hynek Hanke |
exhaustive
(encz) | exhaustive,důkladný adj: lukeexhaustive,úplný adj: luke exhaustive,vyčerpávající adj: luke |
exhaustively
(encz) | exhaustively,důkladně adv: luke exhaustively,úplně adv: luke |
exhaustiveness
(encz) | exhaustiveness,důkladnost n: Zdeněk Brožexhaustiveness,úplnost n: luke |
exhausts
(encz) | exhausts,vyčerpává v: Zdeněk Brož |
heat exhaustion
(encz) | heat exhaustion, |
inexhaustible
(encz) | inexhaustible,nevyčerpatelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inexhaustibly
(encz) | inexhaustibly,nevyčerpatelně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
mental exhaustion
(encz) | mental exhaustion, n: |
nervous exhaustion
(encz) | nervous exhaustion, n: |
unexhausted
(encz) | unexhausted,nevyčerpaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Exhaust
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
[1913 Webster]Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
exhausted by evaporation.
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2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
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A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
--Motley.
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4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
as, to exhaust a subject.
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5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
ether.
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Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
[1913 Webster]Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, n. (Steam Engine)
1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work
there.
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2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe
provided for the purpose.
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Exhaust draught
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust fan
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust nozzle
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust orifice
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust pipe
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust port
(gcide) | Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS.
porte, fr. L. porta. See Port a harbor, and cf. Porte.]
1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place;
a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic]
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Him I accuse
The city ports by this hath entered. --Shak.
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Form their ivory port the cherubim
Forth issuing. --Milton.
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2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure
through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also,
the shutters which close such an opening.
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Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water.
--Sir W.
Raleigh.
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3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid,
as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the
interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in
a valve seat, or valve face.
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Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle,
etc.
Port bar (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a
gale.
Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the
portholes of a vessel.
Steam port, & Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of
the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for
the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.
[1913 Webster]Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust purifier
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust steam
(gcide) | Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS.
ste['a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps
originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf.
Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.]
1. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted
when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of
vapor; gaseous water.
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2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so
called in popular usage.
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3. Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes."
--Milton.
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Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in
suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to
superheated steam.
Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust.
High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above,
that of the atmosphere.
Saturated steam, steam at the temperature of the boiling
point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also
applied to wet steam.
Superheated steam, steam heated to a temperature higher
than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It
can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water,
and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged
steam}, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension
mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
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Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to
denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived
from steam, in distinction from other sources of power;
as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or
steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam
heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.
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Steam blower.
(a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet
or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.
(b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
Steam boiler, a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler,
3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the
boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues,
which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler,
enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and
through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which
delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the
dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g
the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
Steam car, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a
locomotive.
Steam carriage, a carriage upon wheels moved on common
roads by steam.
Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
Steam chest, the box or chamber from which steam is
distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump,
etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; --
called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. of
Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam chimney, an annular chamber around the chimney of a
boiler furnace, for drying steam.
Steam coil, a coil of pipe, or a collection of connected
pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying,
etc.
Steam colors (Calico Printing), colors in which the
chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber
is produced by steam.
Steam cylinder, the cylinder of a steam engine, which
contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under
Slide.
Steam dome (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the
boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See
Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam
boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine,
combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by
horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.
Steam fitter, a fitter of steam pipes.
Steam fitting, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter;
also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.
Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above.
Steam gauge, an instrument for indicating the pressure of
the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a
bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which
is connected with the boiler while the other is open to
the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the
mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height
proportioned to that pressure. A more common form,
especially for high pressures, consists of a spring
pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer
of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube,
closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to
straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or
a mass of confined air, etc.
Steam gun, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles
may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.
Steam hammer, a hammer for forging, which is worked
directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided
vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder
located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as
Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is
attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the
piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end
of the cylinder.
Steam heater.
(a) A radiator heated by steam.
(b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator,
piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.
Steam jacket. See under Jacket.
Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and
running periodically between certain ports.
Steam pipe, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a
pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.
Steam plow or Steam plough, a plow, or gang of plows,
moved by a steam engine.
Steam port, an opening for steam to pass through, as from
the steam chest into the cylinder.
Steam power, the force or energy of steam applied to
produce results; power derived from a steam engine.
Steam propeller. See Propeller.
Steam pump, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is
usually direct-acting.
Steam room (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above
the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.
Steam table, a table on which are dishes heated by steam
for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel,
restaurant, etc.
Steam trap, a self-acting device by means of which water
that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will
be discharged without permitting steam to escape.
Steam tug, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling
ships.
Steam vessel, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or
steamship; a steamer.
Steam whistle, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as
of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly
discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a
warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow
annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or
hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it,
and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a
common whistle.
[1913 Webster]Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhaust valve
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Exhausted
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
exhausted by evaporation.
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2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
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A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
--Motley.
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4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
as, to exhaust a subject.
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5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
ether.
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Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
[1913 Webster]exhausted \exhausted\ adj.
1. same as burned-out, 1. [WordNet sense 1+3]
Syn: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned
out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, fatigued,
played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent,
washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate),
worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).
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2. used up; completely consumed. [WordNet sense 2][Narrower
terms: gone, expended, spent] WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. emptied by being pumped out or having a vacuum created.
Opposite of unexhausted.
Syn: exhausted, evacuated.
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exhausted
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
exhausted by evaporation.
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2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
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A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
--Motley.
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4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
as, to exhaust a subject.
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5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
ether.
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Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
[1913 Webster]exhausted \exhausted\ adj.
1. same as burned-out, 1. [WordNet sense 1+3]
Syn: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned
out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, fatigued,
played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent,
washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate),
worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate).
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2. used up; completely consumed. [WordNet sense 2][Narrower
terms: gone, expended, spent] WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
3. emptied by being pumped out or having a vacuum created.
Opposite of unexhausted.
Syn: exhausted, evacuated.
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Exhausted receiver
(gcide) | Receiver \Re*ceiv"er\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"[~e]r), n. [Cf. F.
receveur.]
1. One who takes or receives in any manner.
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2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to
receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which
is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person
appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a
corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up
its affairs, in certain cases. --Bouvier.
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3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing
them to be stolen. --Blackstone.
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4. (Chem.)
(a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the
like, for receiving and condensing the product of
distillation.
(b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
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5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is
produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in
experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see
Illust. of Air pump.
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6. (Steam Engine)
(a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the
high-pressure cylinder before it enters the
low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
(b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant
boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
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7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system,
at which the message is received and made audible; --
opposed to transmitter.
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8. (Firearms) In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel
frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which
receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for
firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector,
cut-off, etc.
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Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with
the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a
vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete
vacuum.
[1913 Webster]Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
exhausted by evaporation.
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2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
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A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
--Motley.
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4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
as, to exhaust a subject.
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5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
ether.
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Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
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Exhauster
(gcide) | Exhauster \Ex*haust"er\n.
One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.
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Exhaustibility
(gcide) | Exhaustibility \Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
Capability of being exhausted.
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I was seriously tormented by the thought of the
exhaustibility of musical combinations. --J. S. Mill.
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Exhaustible
(gcide) | Exhaustible \Ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.
Opposite of inexhaustible. --Johnson.
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Exhausting
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex
out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to
Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to
exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is
exhausted by evaporation.
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2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to
exhaust a well, or a treasury.
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3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till
the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength;
to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to
exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.
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A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five.
--Motley.
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4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly;
as, to exhaust a subject.
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5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in
order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as,
to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and
ether.
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Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn: To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
[1913 Webster]Exhausting \Ex*haust"ing\, a.
Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. --
Ex*haust"ing, adv.
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exhausting tiring wearing wearying
(gcide) | effortful \effortful\ adj.
1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of effortless.
[Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking,
grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,
punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting,
tiring, wearing, wearying}] Also See: difficult, hard.
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Exhaustion
(gcide) | Exhaustion \Ex*haus"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exhaustion.]
1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of
emptying completely of the contents.
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2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of
being deprived of strength or spirits.
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3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an
exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent
to the modern method of limits.
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Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety
of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and
quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.
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Exhaustive
(gcide) | Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, a.
Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or
arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
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Exhaustively
(gcide) | Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, a.
Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or
arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
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Exhaustless
(gcide) | Exhaustless \Ex*haust"less\, a.
Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or
store.
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Exhaustment
(gcide) | Exhaustment \Ex*haust"ment\, n.
Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]
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Exhausture
(gcide) | Exhausture \Ex*haus"ture\, n.
Exhaustion. --Wraxall.
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Inexhausted
(gcide) | Inexhausted \In`ex*haust"ed\, a. [Pref. in- not + exhausted: cf.
F. inexhaustus.]
Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all
strength or resources; unexhausted. --Dryden.
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Inexhaustedly
(gcide) | Inexhaustedly \In`ex*haust"ed*ly\, adv.
Without exhaustion.
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Inexhaustibility
(gcide) | Inexhaustibility \In`ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.
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Inexhaustible
(gcide) | Inexhaustible \In`ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing;
not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of
provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.
--Dryden.
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An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. --Macaulay.
-- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.
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Inexhaustibleness
(gcide) | Inexhaustible \In`ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing;
not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of
provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.
--Dryden.
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An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. --Macaulay.
-- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.
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Inexhaustibly
(gcide) | Inexhaustible \In`ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing;
not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of
provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.
--Dryden.
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An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. --Macaulay.
-- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.
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Inexhaustive
(gcide) | Inexhaustive \In`ex*haust"ive\, a.
Inexhaustible. --Thomson.
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Unexhausted
(gcide) | Unexhausted \Unexhausted\
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Unexhaustible
(gcide) | Unexhaustible \Unexhaustible\
See exhaustible.Unexhaustible \Un`ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Inexhaustible.
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Variable exhaust
(gcide) | Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, a. [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of
alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds
or seasons; a variable quantity.
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2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable;
fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men
are variable; passions are variable.
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Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. --Shak.
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His heart, I know, how variable and vain! --Milton.
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Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an
adjustable opening.
Variable quantity (Math.), a variable.
Variable-rate mortgage (Finance), a mortgage whose
percentage interest rate varies depending on some agreed
standard, such as the prime rate; -- used often in
financing the purchase of a home. Such a mortgage usually
has a lower initial interest rate than a {fixed-rate
mortgage}, and this permits buyers of a home to finance
the purchase a house of higher price than would be
possible with a fixed-rate loan.
Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their
brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.
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Syn: Changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady;
versatile; inconstant.
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exhaust fan
(wn) | exhaust fan
n 1: a fan that moves air out of an enclosure |
exhaust fumes
(wn) | exhaust fumes
n 1: gases ejected from an engine as waste products [syn:
exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes] |
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