exhaust gas

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exhaust gas (plural exhaust gases)

  1. Gas emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels in an engine, and discharged into the atmosphere through an exhaust pipe.
    • 1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393:
      This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.

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