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cut-off
CIDE DICTIONARY
cut-off, n.
- That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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