expansion bend
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noun
engineering a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
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expansible, expansile, expansion, expansionary, expansion attic, expansion bend, expansion board, expansion bolt, expansion card, expansion chamber, expansionism
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