DASHPOTS

Noun

dashpots

plural of dashpot

Anagrams

• dashtops

Source: Wiktionary

DASHPOT

Dash"pot`, n. (Mach.)

Definition: A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.

Note: It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid, in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked.

Note: A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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