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pressure head

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noun

  1. physics a more formal name for head

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Barcelona are not afraid of anyone, according to their under pressure head coach Ronald Koeman.

From The Guardian Oct. 24, 2021

A. Would first learn if the maximum pressure head was properly adjusted, and if it were, would then look for the trouble in the adjustment of the regulating spring in the excess pressure head.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

A. Running position for the excess pressure head; lap position for the maximum pressure head.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

As the third locomotive passed him, he noticed that the engineer strained his sight ahead in a tensioned way, and the fireman piled in the coal for the fullest pressure head of steam.

From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Chapman, Allen

Q. How is the pressure created on top of the diaphragm in the maximum pressure head?

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

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