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triple-expansion

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tri⋅ple-ex⋅pan⋅sion

[trip-uhl-ik-span-shuhn]
–adjective
noting a power source, esp. a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
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