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Definition of Preheats
1. preheat [v] - See also: preheat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preheats
Literary usage of Preheats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"... runs off or is blown off, continually exposing fresh surfaces of the metal,
which it preheats, to the oxygen and leaving behind a clean cut resembling ..."
2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1920)
"In some buildings the condensation is passed through a surface heater which
preheats the water used for lavatory purposes, and this seems to be the most ..."
3. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World: Being a by John George Wood (1883)
"... which he preheats «•.'-' the lower animals, the rudiments wliich Ь retains,
and the reversions to which У ? liable, we can partly recall in ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1899)
"The gas is of an excellent quality, steady in its flow, making a long flame which
preheats the material thoroughly. The analysis is as follows : From ..."
5. The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian by Flavius Josephus, William Whiston (1839)
"... preheats on the workmen, as it was fit they should receive, who had wrought
so well, he offered sacrifices in the open court of the tabernacle, ..."
6. Mechanical Laboratory Methods: The Testing of Instruments and Machines in by Julian Chase Smallwood (1922)
"A condensing plant is arranged so that the exhaust from the auxiliaries preheats
the feed-water after it leaves the condenser, in a closed heater. ..."