topping cycle
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The high-temperature power cycle of a combined cycle power plant.
Example Sentences
- "The very-high-temperature helium turbine, driven directly by the superheated coolant from the fission reactor, serves as the topping cycle for a mercury-vapor turbine powered by the heat given up by the helium; the mercury turbine itself serves as the topping cycle for the steam turbine that takes up most of the space of the turbine hall."