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STRAIN |
Air pressure |
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TORRICELLI |
Who demonstrated air pressure |
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EVANGELISTATORRICELLI |
Who discovered air pressure |
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BAROMETER |
Instrument for measuring air pressure |
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PHYSETER |
A filtering machine operated by air pressure. |
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AIR DRILL |
A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a
pneumatic drill. |
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PNEUMATICAL |
Moved or worked by pressure or flow of air; as, a
pneumatic instrument; a pneumatic engine. |
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AEROMETRY |
The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine
of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics. |
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ATMOSPHERE |
The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on
a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch. |
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PNEUMATICS |
That branch of science which treats of the mechanical
properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight,
pressure, elasticity, etc. See Mechanics. |
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COMPRESS |
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower
compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense;
as, to compress air or water. |
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HIGH-PRESSURE |
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding
that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of
steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc. |
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SUCK |
... to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting
the air. ... |
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STOP |
The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of
the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify
the tone; ... |
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ELASTICITY |
...lasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity
of the air. ... |
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VACUUM |
...ssure
below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam
engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacu... |
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RESISTANCE |
...ct of another power;
as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the
resistance of a target to projectiles. ... |
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BLOWER |
A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal
plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire.
(b) A machine ... |
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GAS |
An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as
synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be
permanently elasti... |
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MANOMETER |
...n an
open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed
tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metal... |