Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fan used for creating a draft by the formation of a partial vacuum, in contradistinction to a blower.
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Examples
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Practically all types have sieve or exhaust-fan attachments, which draw the loosened parchment and silver skin into one compartment, while the cleaned beans pass into another.
All About Coffee 1909
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The car has a perforated false bottom, to which is attached a powerful exhaust-fan system that sucks the heat out of the coffee.
All About Coffee 1909
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This way the brilliant blue beams of the preinstalled 120 mm rear exhaust-fan can emanate in a black-bluish array.
DV Hardware 2009
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This way the brilliant blue beams of the preinstalled 120 mm rear exhaust-fan can emanate in a black-bluish array.
techPowerUp! 2009
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This way the brilliant blue beams of the preinstalled 120 mm rear exhaust-fan can emanate in a black-bluish array.
Gamepyre.com 2009
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