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Definition of Collapsing
1. collapse [v] - See also: collapse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collapsing
Literary usage of Collapsing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"collapsing PRESSURES OF STEEL TUBES Next to the strength of joints in tubular
material for drilling, operators are probably most concerned with collapsing ..."
2. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"At the collapsing pressures the flues experienced compressions ranging from 1.83 to
... -»о) where p is the collapsing pressure in pounds per square inch, ..."
3. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"When a thin hollow cylinder it pressed from without, it gives way by collapsing,
under a pressure •whose intensity has been found by Mr. Fairbairn (Ph'dos. ..."
4. A Manual of Rules, Tables, and Data for Mechanical Engineers: Based on the by Daniel Kinnear Clark (1884)
"Selecting, for the present purpose, a few of the best samples of collapsed flues,
the dimensions and the collapsing pressures for them are given in table No ..."
5. In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the "Kite" with the Peary Expedition, Together by Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis (1893)
"SOON after getting under way we observed the interesting sight of an immense
iceberg collapsing and falling into the sea with a noise like the loudest ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"... the angle being diminished by the portion shown in black in Fig. 1. The medullary
rays are thus brought closer by the collapsing of the vertical fibres. ..."
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