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blowdown

[bloh-doun]
noun
  1. Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
  2. a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.
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Origin of blowdown

1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down
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Examples from the Web for blowdown

Historical Examples

  • “The fool Indian ought to make allowance for a blowdown,” he reflected, angrily.

    King Spruce, A Novel

    Holman Day

  • A blazing mass of tops, twisted in a blowdown, fronted them, and they were forced to make a long detour.

British Dictionary definitions for blowdown

blowdown

noun
  1. an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant
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