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Water hammer

Water hammer Meaning & Definition
Water hammer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Water hammer?

[n] the banging sound of steam in pipes

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See Also | bang | blast | blowup | clap | eruption | loud noise

Water hammer In Webster's Dictionary

\Water hammer\ A metal hammer used when heated, as by dipping in hot water, to blister the skin, as for counterritation.
\Wa"ter ham"mer\ (Physics) 1. A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer. 2. A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.

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