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Definition of Blowdowns
1. blowdown [n] - See also: blowdown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowdowns
Literary usage of Blowdowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Optimising Russian Natural Gas: Reform And Climate Policy by Isabel Murray, Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, International Energy Agency (2006)
"blowdowns prior to maintenance and repair work are a significant source of methane
emissions along transmission pipelines. They represent up to 60% of ..."
2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"... thereby causing plant standby fuel losses due to radiation, banking, blowdowns,
soot blowing, combustible in the refuse, etc., to increase. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to New Hampshire by Elizabeth L. Dugger (2002)
"You'll want to have walked the shore to check for blowdowns, as immediately after
the Route 4 bridge an island splits the river into left and right channels ..."
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