Definition of Oerlikon

1. a type of Swiss aircraft [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oerlikon

oenologies
oenologist
oenologists
oenology
oenomania
oenomel
oenomels
oenophil
oenophile
oenophiles
oenophilia
oenophilist
oenophils
oenophlygia
oenothionic
oerlikon (current term)
oerlikons
oersted
oersteds
oes
oesophagal
oesophagalgia
oesophageal
oesophageal achalasia
oesophageal acidity test
oesophageal and gastric varices
oesophageal arteries
oesophageal branches
oesophageal branches of the inferior thyroid artery

Literary usage of Oerlikon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dynamo-electric Machinery: A Manual for Students of Electrotechnics by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1903)
"The oerlikon Co. has built numerous other vertical shaft machines for turbine work, amongst them being the alternators described in Chapter XXIII. ..."

2. Dynamo-electric Machinery: A Manual for Students of Electrotechnics by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1896)
"oerlikon Co.'s DYNAMO FOR ELECTROMETALLURGY. The oerlikon Co. has built numerous other vertical shaft machines for turbine work, amongst them being the ..."

3. Electric Transmission of Energy and Its Transformation, Subdivision, and by Gisbert Kapp (1894)
"... en- strom—Thury—oerlikon—AEG Company of Berlin. THE previous chapters dealt with the general principles of electric power transmission, ..."

4. Airplane Engine Encyclopedia: An Alphabetically Arranged Compilation of All by Glenn Dale Angle (1921)
"Plan View of oerlikon Engine. operated by long push rods and rockers from two-stage cams. A series of holes, serving as auxiliary ports, disposed of part of ..."

5. Modern Polyphase Machinery by Andrew Stewart (1906)
"oerlikon S-PHASE ALTERNATOR. extent when compared with alternate pole types ; this becomes increasingly apparent as the speed is reduced. ..."

6. Continuous-current Dynamos in Theory and Practice ...: With Details of by Jacques Fischer-Hinnen (1899)
"oerlikon Works.—Figs. 227 a and b show two diagrams of a bipolar dynamo designed for electric lighting purposes by the oerlikon Company. ..."

7. Electric Railway Engineering by Horace Field Parshall, Henry Metcalf Hobart (1907)
"oerlikon High-Voltage Single-Phase Locomotive of the Motor Generator Type. ... oerlikon Trolley 354 322. oerlikon Overhead High Tension Switch 355 323. ..."

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