"relay cylinder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: relay cylinders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} relay cylinder (plural relay cylinders)
  1. In a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.
    Sense id: en-relay_cylinder-en-noun-KPilm1rI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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