blowdown
Americannoun
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Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
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a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.
noun
Etymology
Origin of blowdown
1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down
Example Sentences
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The analysis also does not factor in so-called "blowdown" emissions of methane which occur every time the ship switches from LNG to running on MGO.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024
Upon clearing the blowdown, we found a copse of huckleberry bushes and several runners converged for fistfuls of the juicy, purple berries.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2020
View of denuded slope and blowdown timber, with a still steaming Mount St. Helens in the background.
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2012
In 2005, a massive explosion rocked BP's Texas City refinery, after a blowdown drum overfilled with liquid hydrocarbons.
From Time • Jun. 10, 2010
The blast toppled trees in a 230.square-mile area north of the volcano called the blowdown zone and left vegetation standing but seared lifeless—the scorch zone—on the edges.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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