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Definition of Throttled
1. throttle [v] - See also: throttle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Throttled
Literary usage of Throttled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... as Public Property— The Merciless Companies—A Dying Political Economy—Men's
Aptitudes throttled and Curtailed by Environment—Pernicious Mystification by ..."
2. Land and Marine Diesel Engines by Giorgio Supino (1915)
"... as applied to engines of the type having opposed pistons. In this system the
engine exhaust is throttled and the scavenging pumps have to ..."
3. Spangenberg's Steam and Electrical Engineering in Questions and Answers: A by Eugene Spangenberg, Albert Uhl, Edward William Pratt (1904)
"Question 51—What do we understand by throttled steam? Answer—When steam, in its
passages from the boiler to the engine, is more or less obstructed by a ..."
4. The Land of the Nihilist: Russia: Its People, Its Palaces, Its Politics. A by William Eleroy Curtis (1888)
"How the Newspapers of Russia are throttled.—No News allowed to be Published.—The
Operations of the Censor. ..."
5. Aeronautical Engineering and Airplane Design by Alexander Klemin, Thomas Henri Huff (1918)
"He will then require 30 horsepower while the throttled engine will deliver ...
2 the propeller horsepower available is shown with the engine throttled down ..."
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