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Definitions of blowdown:
  • noun:   (chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
  • noun:   (industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
  • noun:   (forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
  • noun:   (aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.

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