English Explanatory Dictionary

relay cylinder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.

Word forms

relay cylinder relay cylinders
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