Definition of Radiator cap

1. Noun. Cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added.

Generic synonyms: Cap
Group relationships: Radiator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiator Cap

radiation tolerance
radiation weighting factor
radiational
radiationally
radiationless
radiationlike
radiationproof
radiations
radiative
radiative balance
radiative forcing
radiative recombination
radiative transfer
radiatively
radiator
radiator cap (current term)
radiator grille
radiator hose
radiatorless
radiators
radical
radical anion
radical axes
radical axis
radical cation
radical cell
radical center
radical chic
radical cystectomy

Literary usage of Radiator cap

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

1. Aeroplane Construction and Assembly by James Thomas King, Norval Wilfred Leslie (1918)
"... the vent tube in the radiator cap and overflow tube, and being blown back seriously inconveniences the pilot. Screw the radiator cap on, and be sure it ..."

2. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1919)
"The top is stuffed with packing, capped, and the pipe screwed through a hole bored in the center of the radiator cap. The instrument is completed 'by ..."

3. Developing Executive Ability by Enoch Burton Gowin (1919)
"Henry Ford and The radiator cap Habit has come to be almost a term of reproach in modern business. It is associated in popular thought with defective will ..."

4. Developing Executive Ability by Enoch Burton Gowin (1919)
"Henry Ford and The radiator cap Habit has come to be almost a term of reproach in modern business. It is associated in popular thought with defective will ..."

5. Center of the Storm: A Case Study of Human Rights Abuses in Hebron District by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2001)
"They asked Bahjat al-S. to open the radiator cap, but he refused, saying that the car was hot and that it would be too dangerous and bad for the engine to ..."

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