CLEARANCE SPACE

Definition: CLEARANCE SPACE

CLEARANCE SPACE

1. (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: CLEARANCE SPACE

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A space in pumps of the piston and ram types, usually quite small, between the cylinder end and the piston at the end of its stroke. The height to which water can be raised on the suction side is influenced by the volumeof this space. (references)
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Anagrams: CLEARANCE SPACE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-c-e-e-e-l-n-p-r-s"
	-4 letters: clearances, precancels.
	-5 letters: caesarean, cancelers, carapaces, clarences, clearance, esperance, parlances, pleasance, precancel, precleans.
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