Cut-Off

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Cut-Off [1]

(1): (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion.

(2): (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.

(3): (n.) That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

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