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Meaning of effective compression | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A phenomenon where high pressure inside a pipe causes it to buckle.

Examples

“Effective compression has been well understood as a potential hazard in other oil and gas industry applications, including the design and operation of pipelines, well casing and well tubing, and of marine risers in deepwater drilling service such as those on the Deepwater Horizon.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

effective dose effective energy effective nuclear charge effective radiated power effective stack size Effectively

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