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
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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 J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey
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
The largest size of single-ended large tube boiler in use has a steam drum 4 ft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Auxiliary steam pipes.—The five single-ended boilers and those in boiler rooms Nos.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government
Boilers.—All the boilers were 15 feet 9 inches in diameter, the 24 double-ended boilers being 20 feet long, and the single-ended 11 feet 9 inches long.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government
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