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Definition of Exhaust system
1. Noun. System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged.
Group relationships: Automobile Engine
Terms within: Exhaust Manifold, Exhaust Pipe, Exhaust Valve, Muffler, Silencer, Tailpipe
Generic synonyms: System
Definition of Exhaust system
1. Noun. (automotive) The subsystem of an engine that takes the products of the combustion chamber through a catalytic converter and silencer to the exhaust pipe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhaust System
Literary usage of Exhaust system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"... Silencers—Ejector Type Exhaust Manifold—Utility of Cut-out Valve Explained—Multiple
exhaust system Advantages. Construction of Modern Carburetors. ..."
2. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"If the HEPA-filtered exhaust air from Class I or II biological safety cabinets
is to be discharged to the outside through the building exhaust system, ..."
3. Diesel Engine Design by Herbert Frank Percy Purday (1919)
"CHAPTER XI AIR AND exhaust system Four Stroke Engines.—So far as four stroke
engines are concerned the parts included in this system are :— The air suction ..."
4. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"... Class ll biological safety cabinets or other primary containment devices is
discharged directly to the outside or through the building exhaust system. ..."
5. High School Buildings by William Conrad Bruce (1919)
"This system may be combined with some form of an exhaust system to remove the
heated and vitiated air, but the efficiency of the exhaust system is seriously ..."
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