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Definition: HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. An engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. An engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE

ExpressionsDefinition
High-pressure engineAn engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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