single-ended
Americanadjective
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(of a boiler) fired from one end only.
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Electricity. (of a circuit or transmission line) unbalanced, as when one part of a circuit is grounded.
adjective
Example Sentences
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In single-ended boilers, which are those most generally used, the furnaces are fitted at one end only and vary in number from one in the smallest boiler to four in the largest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
It has been found more economically efficient than the single-ended form, by as much as ten per cent, in the writer's own experience.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
Two others are 18¼ feet long and 11⅔ feet in diameter, and the two others, single-ended, are 8 feet long and 10 feet in diameter.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
The after boiler room No. 1 contained five single-ended boilers.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
The boilers were arranged in six water-tight compartments, the single-ended boilers being placed in the one nearest the main engines, the whole being built under board of trade survey for passenger certificate.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
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