pressure-feedv.
/ˈprɛʃˌfiːd/, U.S. /ˈprɛʃərˌfid/ transitive. To supply (material, esp. fuel) by means of applied pressure.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)] > operate machine > supply with materials
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1850 Sci. Amer. 11 May 269/2 He added pressure feeding rollers..which effectually answered the purpose.]
1904 Autocar 6 Aug. 164/1 The lubricator..is also pressure fed.
1909 D. Leechman Carburetters ix. 66 Petrol is maintained at a certain level..by means of a float and needle valve when the petrol is pressure fed.
1953 Engineer 23 Oct. 526/2 The slabs have to be pressure fed into the rolls..by pinch or feed rolls, which are mounted in the same housing as the planetary assemblies.
1999 Aerospace Daily (Nexis) 28 Oct. 155 A Reusable Upper Stage (RUS) engine technology..will use a turbopump to achieve higher performance rather than pressure-feeding the propellant.
Derivatives
ˈpressure-fed adj. supplied with material by means of applied pressure; utilizing a pressure feed.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adjective] > supplying or supplied with materials
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1906 W. W. Beaumont Motor Vehicles II. viii. 158 Pressure-fed lubrication is adopted for the engine and for the petrol feed.
1961 H. H. Koelle Handbk. Astronaut. Engin. xx. 16 Pump-fed systems are lighter than pressure-fed systems for all but the very shortest-duration requirements.
1986 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. c4/5 Normally a roller is loaded with paint by rolling it into a sloping tray... However, in the last few years pressure-fed rollers have become increasingly popular.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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