blowdown

[ bloh-doun ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.

blowdown

/ ˈbləʊˌdaʊn /

an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant

1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down

The Tin Roof Blowdown, released in 2007, is set in the Armageddon atmosphere of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

A blazing mass of tops, twisted in a blowdown, fronted them, and they were forced to make a long detour.

“The fool Indian ought to make allowance for a blowdown,” he reflected, angrily.

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