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triple-expansion

[ trip-uhl-ik-span-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.


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Example Sentences

A triple expansion engine has three cylinders using the steam expansively in each one.

The new engines are of the triple expansion type, and the boilers, which are designed for supplying steam of 150 lb.

Old Kep had just put new triple-expansion engines into her before she changed hands.

How does a triple-expansion engine differ from an ordinary steam-engine?

The engines will be of the triple expansion type, of the best known design, and the guaranteed power will be 3,200.

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