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Meaning of steam chest | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.

Examples

“One small tooth increase in regulator opening makes a minute increase in steam chest pressure reading and one can feel the clearly perceptible increase in the power output beneath one's feet.”

CEFR level

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

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