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DRY RUNNING

Specialty Definition: DRY RUNNING

DomainDefinition

Mining

To unknowingly or knowingly drill with a bit when the flow of the coolant and cuttings-removal fluid past the bit has been inadvertently ordeliberately cut off. CF:dry drilling. (references)

Nuclear Energy & Physics

A common cause for the failure of centrifugal pumps dry running or prolonged operation against a closed valve. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DRY RUNNING

Language Translations for "DRY RUNNING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tørløb (churning). (various references)

   

German

  

Trockenlauf (churning, dry run). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Funzionamento a secco (churning, dry run). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ydray unningray

   

Portuguese

  

corrente seca (churning). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

funcionamiento en seco (churning, dry run). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DRY RUNNING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-g-i-n-n-n-r-r-u-y"

-3 letters: dunning, durning, running, undying.

-4 letters: drying, during, ungird.

-5 letters: dingy, dungy, dying, ginny, grind, gunny, gurry, inurn, ninny, ridgy, ruing, runny, unrig.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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