overcompression

Noun

1. Excessive compression.
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   • In case of loss of vacuum and overcompression these valves automatically pen and connect the clearance space of the cylinder with the steam space in the head and the communicating steam piping. - 1916, Edward Kippel,...
   • Recalculation of the atomic composition for the several lattice measurements produces the straight line function in the plot shown herewith which replaces Fig. 4 of the article. Copper-gold alloys therefore are like the...