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cook something by letting steam pass over it "just steam the vegetables" -
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clean by means of steaming "steam-clean the upholstered sofa" -
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get very angry "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man" -
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travel by means of steam power "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" -
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rise as vapor -
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emit steam "The rain forest was literally steaming" -
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water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
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Steam
Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes." -
Steam
The elastic, aëriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor. -
Steam
The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage. -
Steam
To exhale. -
Steam
To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well. -
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To move or travel by the agency of steam. "The vessel steamed out of port." -
Steam
To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor. "The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air."
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Vapor; a rising vapor; an exhalation. -
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Water in a gaseous state; the gas or vapor of water, especially at temperatures above 100° C. It has a specific gravity of 625 as compared with air under the same pressure. It liquefies at 100° C. (212° F), under a pressure of 14.7 pounds upon a square inch, or the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the sea-level. The temperature at which it liquefies diminishes with the pressure. Steam constantly rises from the surface of liquid water when not obstructed by impervious inclosures or covered by another gas already saturated with it. Its total latent heat of vaporization for 1 pound weight under a pressure of 76 centimeters of mercury (or 14.7 pounds to the square inch) is 965.7 British thermal units, or 536.5 calories for each kilogram. Its specific heat under constant pressure is 4805. (Regnault.) It is decomposed into oxygen and hvdrogen at temperatures between 1,000° and 2,000° C. (Deville.) In addition to the surface evaporation of water, the change from the liquid to the gaseous state takes place beneath the surface (the gas escaping with ebullition) whenever the temperature of the liquid is raised without a corresponding increase of pressure upon it. The temperature at which this occurs under any particular pressure is the boilingpoint for that pressure. The boiling-point of water under the atmospheric pressure at the sea-level is 100° C. or 212° F. Saturated steam has the physical properties common to all gases whose temperatures are near those of their liquefying-points, or the boiling-points of their liquids. Saturated steam when isolated, and superheated at temperatures from 100° to 110° C, and under constant pressure, expands with a given increase of temperature about five times as much as air, and at 186° C. about twice as much as air; and it must be raised to a temperature much higher than this before it will expand uniformly like air. The large quantity of latent heat in steam, its great elasticity, and the ease with which it may be condensed have rendered its use in engines more practicable than that of any other gaseous medium for the generation and application of mechanical power. -
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Water in a visible vesicular condition produced by the condensation of vapor of water in air. -
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Figuratively, force; energy. -
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A flame or blaze; a ray of light. -
steam
To give out steam or vapor; exhale any kind of fume or vapor. -
steam
To rise in a vaporous form; pass off in visible vapor. -
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To move or travel by the agency of steam: as, the vessel steamed into port. -
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To flame or blaze up. -
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To exhale; evaporate. -
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To treat with steam; expose to steam; apply steam to for any purpose: as, to steam cloth; to steam potatoes instead of boiling them; to steam food for cattle; steamed bread.
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stēm the vapour of water—when dry, invisible and transparent like air, and not to be confused with the semi-liquid cloud which comes from the chimney of a locomotive; when superheated, changing the characteristics of a vapour for those belonging to what is known as a 'perfect gas:' the mist formed by condensed vapour: any vaporous exhalation: energy, force, spirit -
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to rise or pass off in steam or vapour: to move by steam -
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to expose to steam
Blow off steam - (USA) If you blow off steam, you express your anger or frustration.
Gather steam - If something gathers speed, it moves or progresses at an increasing speed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. steám, vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom, steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand,
More than 600,000 coffeemakers are being voluntarily recalled in the United States and Canada due to an apparent brewing malfunction that can release a gusher of steaming water and grounds. kdbc.com
But like kale, spinach or chard, collards can be sauteed or steamed and stirred into any recipe that calls for greens. ohio.com
'Take This Waltz' deftly steps through marriage losing steam. post-gazette.com
Sofia Vergara is steaming things up on the April cover of Esquire, on stands March 27. usmagazine.com
Best way to prepare is w/ a little bit of olive oil, salt pepper and steamed appx. ashingtonpost.com
Dolby 's Atmos gaining steam. variety.com
Despite the name of "steamed dumplings " for this dish, all the dumplings on the menu are steamed. seattletimes.nwsource.com
We opted for the Dim Sum Basket ($14.95), a combination of the restaurant's three most popular dishes — three steamed Crystal Shrimp dumplings , three Sui Mai and three fried shrimp and chive dumplings . sun-sentinel.com
Sweeties, the steamed dumplings are to die for. browardpalmbeach.com
What's involved in changing from an electric motor to a steam turbine. chemicalprocessing.com
We are considering changing the electric motor drive on our air compressor to a steam turbine to reduce available steam letdowns. chemicalprocessing.com
We do not have any steam turbines and so do not know much about them. chemicalprocessing.com
These Hollywood hunks definitely know how to steam up the shoreline. radaronline.com
In the wake of its banquet's steaming wreckage, REBNY keeps the big announcements rolling. observer.com
The Steam Railroading Institute is best known for their all-day steam excursions. mlive.com
After entering the reactor, the magnetic monopoles should have interacted both with the 238U nuclei and the nuclei emitting the delayed neutrons, which resulted in the growth of reactivity and hence, rise up of the power and the steam explosion.
On the possible physical mechanism of Chernobyl catastrophe and the unsoundness of official conclusion
These are certainly not helpful to give a detailed insight into this most interesting physics: The original ob jects of Thermodynamics, steam engines, work exactly at phase-separation.
"Qualms" from Lavenda, cond-mat/0311270
The LTA could process the incoming data steam locally.
Cloud and the City: Facilitating Flexible Access Control over Data Streams
We justify this constraint by showing a example in which one can reconstruct the raw data steam by combining outputs from multiple aggregation windows of different window sizes or advance steps.
Cloud and the City: Facilitating Flexible Access Control over Data Streams
As with the steams of water, the intuition is that the RG always flows “downward.” This was proven in 2d by Zamolodchikov 1 for any unitary theory.
"Non-Perturbative Methods" in Field Theory
Steam therefore was accepted at the first only as an accessory, for emergencies. "From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life" by
The river flotilla comprised eleven well-armed steam gunboats. "Khartoum Campaign, 1898" by
The use of the steam-yacht was given to him to accomplish this purpose. "Asiatic Breezes" by
Transport boats are steaming to Newbern, laden with the Federal troops and provisions of the place. "Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy" by
But just before war was declared von Spee and his squadron steamed off into the open seas. "World's War Events, Vol. I" by
Without so much as a toot of the whistle, his steam launch kept drawing closer and closer to Jerry's side. "The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview" by
The heat of evaporation may be supplied either by superheated steam or by steam pipes within the kiln itself. "Seasoning of Wood" by
They began in May, 1914, with sharp explosions of steam and smoke from the summit crater. "The Book of the National Parks" by
To steam this course yourself, you must make the proper correction for your compass error. "Lectures in Navigation" by
In the steam turbine the steam instead of being expanded against a piston is made to expand against and to get up velocity in itself. "Steam Turbines" by
And by the steaming rills
We travelled merrily, to pass
A day among the hills.
O'er Baiae in the morning's beams,
Or where the sulphurous crater steams
Had hung suspended from the edge:
In thankful gladness, here,
As the boat that brought them o'er the lake,
Goes steaming from the pier.
And clang from dusky things of steam,
But still to sweeten all that life
Was something of the poet's dream.
An' the place whaur they stood I scarce ken noo ava,
For there's roarin' o' steam, an' there's reengin' o' wheels,
Men workin', an' sweatin', an' swearin' like deils.
Across the empty prairies till I caught the distant gleam
Of a city in the beauty of its broad and shining stream
On whose bosom, flocked together, float the mighty swans of
steam.