blowdown
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "At higher airspeeds, the 737's maximum rudder deflection is limited by blowdown, helping to prevent flight-control inputs from overstressing the aircraft's vertical stabilizer."
- "According to Boeing, these movements were consistent with the effects of blowdown on those surfaces as documented during flight tests. However, the outboard aileron split recorded by the FDR after about 0150:27, which is discussed later in this section, was not consistent with the flight test data."
- "Give these parts a blowdown with your air hose before you put them in the ultrasonic cleaning tank."