vacuum servo

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noun

a servomechanism that is operated by the lowering of pressure in the intake duct of an internal-combustion engine

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Words nearby vacuum servo

vacuumize, vacuum-pack, vacuum-packed, vacuum pan, vacuum pump, vacuum servo, vacuum tube, VAD, vade mecum, V. Adm., Vadodara

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But politicians abhor a rhetorical vacuum, and they have clamored to fill it.
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Every conspiracy theory starts with an information vacuum, which then tumbles into fantasy.
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In a vacuum (translation: but for Obama), this could be a killer year for Democrats.
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There are also drones which vacuum the wireless spectrum, picking up tweets, emails, and Skype chats.
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So Iran would have to eventually withdraw, leaving a power vacuum, again, in those areas.
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Its first cost and expense in working to be much less than that of the Watt low-pressure steam vacuum engine.
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The Wheal Prosper 16-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam vacuum engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.
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The conversion of the other, a 63-inch low-pressure vacuum engine at Wheal Gons, will be traced in this chapter.
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The steam pressure in the Newcomen atmospheric was continued unaltered in the Watt vacuum engine.
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A very thin vacuum shutter forms a better interrupter of sound waves than a brick wall two or three feet in thickness.
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