"Windkessel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Windkessels [plural]
Etymology: From German Windkessel. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Windkessel}} German Windkessel Head templates: {{en-noun}} Windkessel (plural Windkessels)
  1. (cardiology) A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles. Derived forms: Windkessel effect
    Sense id: en-Windkessel-en-noun-T8YEzNLo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Cardiology Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈvɪntˌkɛsl̩/ Forms: Windkessels [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Windkessel [nominative, singular], Windkessels [genitive, singular], Windkessel [dative, singular], Windkessel [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From Wind (“wind”) + Kessel (“solid metal container, chamber”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|Wind|Kessel|t1=wind|t2=solid metal container, chamber}} Wind (“wind”) + Kessel (“solid metal container, chamber”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.sg}} Windkessel m (strong, genitive Windkessels, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.sg}}
  1. (hydraulics) air chamber Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Derived forms: Windkesseleffekt, Windkesselfunktion

Inflected forms

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