Steam
Definition of Steam
Pronunciation: stēm n. | 1. | The elastic, aëriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor. | | 2. | The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; - so called in popular usage. | | 3. | Any exhalation.Steam boiler | a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler, 3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues, which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler, enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g the safety valve; hthe water gauge. |
Steam gauge | an instrument for indicating the pressure of the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which is connected with the boiler while the other is open to the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height proportioned to that pressure. A more common form, especially for high pressures, consists of a spring pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube, closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or a mass of confined air, etc. |
| v. i. | 1. | To emit steam or vapor. | | 2. | To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor. | | 3. | To move or travel by the agency of steam. | | 4. | To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well. | v. t. | 1. | To exhale. | | 2. | To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc. |
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