steam line
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- noun
- Specialized
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tubería de vapor
- The engineers inspected the steam line to ensure there were no leaks before starting the system.
- high-pressure steam line
Examples
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The steam-water mix goes through a twisty path called a steam dryer to keep water droplets from being carried into the steam lines.
Blog text (20) -
With the main steam line isolated, we only had one auxiliary feed pump... to get more water back into that core.
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Insulated tubing is designed to reduce heat loss and help protect personnel from hot process and steam lines.
Academic text (2003) -
Insulation of uninsulated or poorly insulated steam lines often produces savings with payback in less than a year.
Academic text (1994) -
Sealing steam is supplied from the main steam line during turbine startup, and from valve-stem packing leakoff—from No. 1 and No. 2 packing—during normal operations.
Fiction book (2002) -
The power plant uses a steam line to transport steam from the boilers to the turbines efficiently.
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For safety, workers must wear protective gear when working near the steam line due to the high temperatures.
Synonyms
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A tube that carries hot steam under pressure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pipe or conduit carrying steam' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'steam' (vapor) with 'line' (a channel or conduit). This noun–noun compounding follows common English composition patterns and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Steam line comes from the simple image of a long metal line full of hot steam moving through a building or factory. So, steam line means 'a pipe that carries steam'.