blowdown

[bloh-doun]

blow·down

[bloh-doun]
noun
1.
Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
2.
a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.

Origin:
1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down
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blowdown (ˈbləʊˌdaʊn)
 
n
an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant

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