blowdown

English

noun
Definitions
  • (chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure
  • (industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
  • (forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.

Etymology

Compound from English blow (bloom, blue, alteration of below, flower, fellate, blossom) + English down (from a higher position to a lower one, hill).

Origin

English

down

Gloss

from a higher position to a lower one, hill

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

丘, 岡, 阜

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