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

They are vertical triple-expansion engines, and are being constructed by MM.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various

They will have triple-expansion or compound direct-acting surface-condensing engines and twin screws, Thornycroft's patent tubular boilers, double rudders, electric search lights, three masts and sails.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

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

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