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.

Origin of blowdown

1
1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down

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British Dictionary definitions for blowdown (1 of 2)

blowdown

/ (ˈbləʊˌdaʊn) /


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

British Dictionary definitions for blow down (2 of 2)

blow down

verb
  1. to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected

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