Definition of Throttled

1. Verb. (past of throttle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Throttled

1. throttle [v] - See also: throttle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Throttled

thronging
throngly
throngs
throning
thropple
throppled
thropples
throstle
throstles
throstling
throtteen
throttle
throttle body
throttle valve
throttleable
throttled
throttlehold
throttleholds
throttler
throttlers
throttles
throttling
through
through(a)
through-and-through laceration
through-and-through myocardial infarction
through-ball
through-composed
through-shine
through-stitch

Literary usage of Throttled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... as Public Property— The Merciless Companies—A Dying Political Economy—Men's Aptitudes Throttled and Curtailed by Environment—Pernicious Mystification by ..."

2. Land and Marine Diesel Engines by Giorgio Supino (1915)
"... as applied to engines of the type having opposed pistons. In this system the engine exhaust is throttled and the scavenging pumps have to ..."

3. Spangenberg's Steam and Electrical Engineering in Questions and Answers: A by Eugene Spangenberg, Albert Uhl, Edward William Pratt (1904)
"Question 51—What do we understand by throttled steam? Answer—When steam, in its passages from the boiler to the engine, is more or less obstructed by a ..."

4. The Land of the Nihilist: Russia: Its People, Its Palaces, Its Politics. A by William Eleroy Curtis (1888)
"How the Newspapers of Russia are Throttled.—No News allowed to be Published.—The Operations of the Censor. ..."

5. Aeronautical Engineering and Airplane Design by Alexander Klemin, Thomas Henri Huff (1918)
"He will then require 30 horsepower while the throttled engine will deliver ... 2 the propeller horsepower available is shown with the engine throttled down ..."

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