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working fluid

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noun

Mechanics.
  1. a liquid or gaseous working substance.


Etymology

Origin of working fluid

First recorded in 1900–05

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This switching is achieved by reversing the direction of flow of the working fluid.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

A working fluid such as a non-CFC refrigerant is used.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

The difference is that instead of starting at room temperature the working fluid ends up there, and starts instead at -196°C, the boiling point of nitrogen.

From Economist May 7, 2015

This "working fluid" would carry energy to one or more jet engines, heating their air blast by a sort of high temperature radiator.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ratio θ′ / θ″ is rγ−1, where r is the given ratio of expansion or compression, and γ is the ratio of the specific heats of the working fluid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

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