trompe
noun
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
Origin:
1820–30; < French
1820–30; < French
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| —n | |
| an apparatus for supplying the blast of air in a forge, consisting of a thin column down which water falls, drawing in air through side openings | |
| [C19: from French, literally: trumpet] | |
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Trompe
is always a great word to know.
So is mass. Does it mean:
| says body remains at rest or in motion with constant velocity unless acted upon by external force |
| quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion |
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