Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for condensing air, usually in the form of a force-pump. See
compressor . - noun A combined steamengine and air-compressing cylinder, or a compressing-cylinder operated by a motor or by belting.
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Examples
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Along with the eye-catching paint job and little model tractor on the radio antenna, they added four air horns, an air-compressor powered auxiliary truck horn, and a big stereo.
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Even with a trade tariff, Chinese air-compressor makers, which have lower production costs than their rivals, would likely continue to expand their market share in Europe, the commission's recommendation said.
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Along with the eye-catching paint job and little model tractor on the radio antenna, they added four air horns, an air-compressor powered auxiliary truck horn, and a big stereo.
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A large air-compressor -- 2 cylinders, double acting, air compressed to 75 pounds -- requiring about 140 horse-power.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Various
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The wheel driving the air-compressor is 6 feet in diameter, running 300 turns [5] per minute, with 1-15/18-inch nozzle; three ropes are used from the wheel shaft to the counter-shaft, and six ropes from the latter to the fly-wheel shaft.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Various
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One Rand duplex Corliss, 40 by 48-in. air-compressor, with both air and steam cylinders cross-compounded, and a capacity of 5,600 cu.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 George C. Clarke
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If possible, examine an air-compressor and find out the means used for cooling the air.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Each man had his own particular place aboard and definite duties to perform, so there was no need to move about much, nor was there much room left by the gasoline motor, the electric motor, storage batteries, air-compressor, and air ballast and gasoline tanks, and the Whitehead torpedoes.
Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Russell Doubleday 1910
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We also overhauled the starboard air-compressor and one of the periscope motors which had been jarred by the shock of the first explosion.
Danger! and Other Stories Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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The city Department of Environmental Protection has recently completed work on the $3.5 million Shellbank Basin Destratification Facility, a boxy structure that houses an air-compressor station.
NYDN Rss Lisa L. Colangelo 2012
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