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Air passage   /ɛr pˈæsədʒ/   Listen
Air passage

noun
1.
A duct that provides ventilation (as in mines).  Synonyms: air duct, airway.






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"Air passage" Quotes from Famous Books



... accumulator system, in reliability; sparking plugs, too, were not so reliable then as they are now. Daimler fitted a very simple type of carburettor to this engine, consisting only of a float with a single jet placed in the air passage. It may be said that this twin-cylindered vertical was the first of the series from which has been evolved the Mercedes-Daimler car and airship engines, built in sizes up to ...
— A History of Aeronautics • E. Charles Vivian

... and arrangement of lever, V, with finger piece, Y, at one end and stud, b, at the other valve, G, and air passage, E, closed by a flexible diaphragm, K, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose of producing, by means of air, an action upon any suitable sound-producing mechanism through the movement of a sheet or strip perforated, or in any other ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various



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