| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: AIR VESSEL
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| Air vessel | A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: AIR VESSEL
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| Air vessel | Mining | A small air chamber fixed to the pipeline on the discharge side of a reciprocating pump that acts as a cushion to minimize the shock produced by the pulsations of the pump. (references) | |
| Air vessel with membrane | Physics | A vessel built into a water installation (as a protection against water hammer), in which the liquid space is separated from the air space by an elastic membrane. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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