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scavenging
scav·enge S0129200 (skăv′ənj)v. scav·enged, scav·eng·ing, scav·eng·es v.tr.1. a. To collect (useful items) by searching through refuse: scavenged a chair from the neighbor's trash.b. To search through (a place or container) for useful items.2. To feed on (dead or decaying matter). Used especially of animals.3. a. To expel (exhaust gases) from a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.b. To expel exhaust gases from (such a cylinder).4. a. To clean (molten metal) by chemically removing impurities.b. To remove or inactivate (harmful chemicals or impurities) in a mixture: antioxidants that scavenge free radicals from the body.v.intr.1. To search through refuse for useful items.2. To feed on dead or decaying matter.
[Back-formation from scavenger.]scavenging (ˈskævɪndʒɪŋ) nthe act of searching for things among discarded materialTranslationsscavenging
scavenging[′skav·ən·jiŋ] (mechanical engineering) Removal of spent gases from an internal combustion engine cylinder and replacement by a fresh charge or air. (metallurgy) Removal of dissolved gases from molten metal. (ordnance) The sweeping out, by a blast of air, of the gaseous products resulting from the firing of a gun. |