'Exhaust port' definitions:

Definition of 'Exhaust port'

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  • Port \Port\, n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See Port a harbor, and cf. Porte.]
  • 1. A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening. [1913 Webster]
  • Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face. [1913 Webster]
  • Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc.
  • Port bar (Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale.
  • Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel.
  • Steam port, & Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Exhaust port'

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  • Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
  • 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. [1913 Webster]
  • Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through.
  • Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it.
  • Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle.
  • Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.
  • Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
  • Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
  • Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston.
  • Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder. [1913 Webster]