blowdown (English, noun)
expansion: blowdown (countable and uncountable, plural blowdowns)
Senses:
qualifier: chemical engineering
glosses: The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
tags: countable
uncountable
qualifier: industrial engineering
glosses: Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: business
forestry
glosses: Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: An instance of blowing down with compressed air.
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
Forms:
form: blowdowns
tags: plural