2. Verb. (third-person singular of jacket) ¹
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Definition of Jackets
1. jacket [v] - See also: jacket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackets
Literary usage of Jackets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"6.482 32.409 The jackets are made of inner plates 0.5 in. thick and an outer
plate f in. thick, with {[-in. stift'eners between the inner and outer plates. ..."
2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1889)
"The use of water-cooled breast-jackets or cinder-tap blocks is a great convenience in
... jackets of riveted wrought-iron or steel are expensive ; those of ..."
3. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"jackets. — If the walls of the cylinder are made double and the space between
... However, tests of numerous engines with and without steam jackets do not ..."
4. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"Several trials were made at each speed, and the results were found to agree within
1 per cent., so that three trials with steam in the jackets and three ..."
5. Thermodynamics of the Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by Cecil Hobart Peabody (1898)
"The condensation in the jackets appears to be normal, showing that the jackets
were active, and were not using an excessive amount of steam, ..."
6. A Manual of the Steam Engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1900)
"By far the best work was done by the engine when both jackets were in use.
The discovery of a maximum efficiency of jacket throws some light upon the causes ..."
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