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blowdown

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blow⋅down

  [bloh-doun]
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–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; n. use of v. phrase blow down
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