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Specialty Definition: BLOWDOWN

Domain Definition
Administration The water drawn from boiler systems and cold water basins of cooling towers to prevent the buildup of solids. (references)
Food & Agriculture Any area on which (many of) the trees have been thrown or broken by the wind. Source: European Union. (references)
Geological Trees felled by a volcanic blast. (references)
Geology An extensive toppling of trees by wind within a relatively small area which significantly alters the small-scale climate within the ecosystem. Blowdown. An extensive toppling of trees by wind within a relatively small area which significantly alters the small-scale climate within the ecosystem. (references)
Mining 1: Downed trees and slash from a windstorm. (references)
  2: 1. The emptying or depressurizing of material in a vessel. 2. The material thus discarded. (references)

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Common Expressions: BLOWDOWN

Expressions Definition
Operation Blowdown Operation Blowdown was a military operation of July 18, 1963. Conducted in northern Queensland, Australia by a joint Australian-US-UK team it tested the effects of a nuclear blast on rain forest, although not with a nuclear bomb. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: BLOWDOWN

Expressions Domain Definition
Blowdown (windthrow) Forestry Uprooting by the wind. Also refers to a tree or trees so uprooted. (references)
Blowdown system Aerospace Closed propellant/pressurant system that decays in ullage pressure level as propellant is consumed and ullage volume thereby is increased. (references)
Blowdown tunnel Aerospace A type of wind tunnel in which stored compressed gas is allowed to expand through a test section to provide a stream of gas or air for model testing. The downstream side may or may not be reduced in pressure to provide greater expansion potential. (references)
Blowdown turbine Aerospace A turbine attached to a reciprocating engine which receives exhaust gases separately from each cylinder, utilizing the kinetic energy of the gases. (references)
Cooling water blowdown Environment Procedure used to reduce total dissolved solids by removing a portion of poor-quality recirculating water (Brown and Caldwell, 1990. Case studies of industrial water conservation in the San Jose area. Report prepared for the City of San Jose, CA, and California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.). (references)

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Extended Definition: BLOWDOWN

Blowdown

Blowdown may refer to:

  • Windthrow
  • Blowdown stack
  • Boiler blowdown
  • The sudden release of the contents of a nuclear power plant's reactor pressure vessel due to a materials failure, such as a crack in that vessel.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Blowdown". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: BLOWDOWN

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
The Big Blowdown 12     Blowdown 3
Operation Blowdown 6     Blowdown stack 2
Blowdown 3     Operation Blowdown 6
Blowdown stack 2     The Big Blowdown 12

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: BLOWDOWN

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Brazilian Portuguese zona desabrigada (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish stormfaldsareal (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 排污阀 (blowdown valve, waste valve), 泄料阀 (blowdown valve), 放空阀 (blowdown valve), 启阀件密封面 (blowdown sealing face). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse quattu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), zittu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, be quiet, blowdown silencer), silenziosu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), siléinziusu (attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm, exhaust silencer, in silence). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi quattu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), zittu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, be quiet, blowdown silencer), silenziosu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), siléinziusu (attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm, exhaust silencer, in silence). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican quattu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), zittu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, be quiet, blowdown silencer), silenziosu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), siléinziusu (attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm, exhaust silencer, in silence). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso quattu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), zittu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, be quiet, blowdown silencer), silenziosu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), siléinziusu (attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm, exhaust silencer, in silence). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu quattu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), zittu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, be quiet, blowdown silencer), silenziosu (silencer, muffler, attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm), siléinziusu (attenuator, blowdown silencer, calm, exhaust silencer, in silence). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish stormfaldsareal (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk stormfaldsareal (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch gebied met omgevallen en omgewaaide bomen (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Français système de mise hors feu (blowdown), purge sous pression (blowdown), extraction (extraction, retrieval, output, extract, abstraction), dépressurisation (blowdown, depressuring, depressurization), zone de chablis (windfall, blowdown), zone de bris de vent (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
French système de mise hors feu (blowdown), purge sous pression (blowdown), extraction (extraction, retrieval, output, extract, abstraction), dépressurisation (blowdown, depressuring, depressurization), zone de chablis (windfall, blowdown), zone de bris de vent (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek περιοχή ανεμορριμμάτων (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) periokhi anemorrimmaton (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian lefúvatás (blowdown), kifúvatás (blowdown), kifúvás (blowdown). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian scarico (discharge, unloading, escape, exhaust, outlet), differenza di pressione tra l'inizio e la fine dello scarico di un impianto (blowdown pressure), assieme barra scarico aria (blowdown bar assembly), scarico dell'aria (air blowdown, air dump, air escape, air exhaust, air outlet). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 風倒木 (blowdown), 吹き飛ばし (blowdown), 冷却パイプの破裂 (blowdown), 破裂 (rupture, explosion, break off, blowup, burst), 噴出装置 (blowdown, blowoff, squirter), 暴風 (storm, windstorm, gale, blow, blowdown). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar lefúvatás (blowdown), kifúvatás (blowdown), kifúvás (blowdown). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese zona desabrigada (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland stormfaldsareal (blowdown, windfall). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish zona expuesta al viento (blowdown, windfall), desfogue (venting, blowdown, pressure release). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, blowdown. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: BLOWDOWN

Language Translations for “blowdown” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin owdownblay (blowdown). Additional references: Pig Latin, blowdown. (volunteer)
Terran B zonrecu (blowdown). Additional references: Terran B, blowdown. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: BLOWDOWN

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Old French 900 - 1400 nacïon (birth, extraction, output, retrieval, parentage), parage (birth, breed, race, extraction, kinship). Additional references: Old French, blowdown. (volunteer)
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