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blowdown
[ bloh-doun ]
noun
- Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
- a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.
blowdown
/ ˈəʊˌ岹ʊ /
noun
- an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of blowdown1
Example Sentences
The analysis also does not factor in so-called "blowdown" emissions of methane which occur every time the ship switches from LNG to running on MGO.
Fallen logs and blowdown were rotting into the debris that feeds the soil and next generation of trees.
Tip Top volunteers say it is a miracle that no one was killed during the incident that has come to be referred to as “The Blowdown.”
Upon clearing the blowdown, we found a copse of huckleberry bushes and several runners converged for fistfuls of the juicy, purple berries.
We started a climb and found blowdown — an area where wind knocked over large stands of fire-ravaged timber — that we crawled over and under.
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