triple-expansion

American  

[trip-uhl-ik-span-shuhn] / ˌtrɪp əl ɪkˈspæn ʃən /

adjective

1. noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.

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triple-expansion

Life’s sister magazine, Time, was no less susceptible to his rough-diamond charm, calling him a “hard-headed, steel-willed” corporate chieftain with “horse sense, a command of men, and the driving force of a triple-expansion engine.”

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2016

At that time it was given to Captain Rieber because he had horse sense, a command of men and the driving force of a triple-expansion engine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cowboy silently wondered how long he could keep from making "a complete, triple-expansion, darned fool of himself!"

From The Ramblin' Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman

Each of them is fitted with two sets of the most powerful triple-expansion engines ever put together.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane

The engines are triple-expansion, with water tube boilers.

From Last Words by Stephen Crane