Sentence examples for deflector from inspiring English sources

The top face of the piston is designed to provide a deflector or baffle that directs the fresh load upward on the inlet side of the cylinder and then downward on the exhaust side, thus pushing the spent gases of the previous cycle out through the exhaust port on that side.

Such deflector dam irrigation avoided the self-destructive weaknesses of large storage dams, in particular the danger of depositing great masses of refractory mud in the storage basin behind the dam.

For anyone who suffers from follical concerns, there is an Aircap wind protection deflector inside, as well as an Airscarf heater in the backrests as well as a whole slew of smart kit that is carried over from the Coupe.

Whichever Golf Cabriolet you drive – the range starts at £21,000 – you'll find it windy at speed without the optional deflector, which fits over the rear seat.

Such surges can be avoided by adding a temporary spill nozzle that opens while the main nozzle closes or, more commonly, by partially inserting a deflector plate between the jet and the wheel, diverting and dissipating some of the energy while the needle is slowly closed.

Though the French machine gun had a tendency to "hang fire," so that steel deflector plates had to be fitted onto the rear of the propeller blades to prevent their being shot off, Saulnier quickly perfected his device and fitted it to Garros's Morane L monoplane.

I did wonder if that's why they're bringing him along on trips these days: he's like a punch-deflector for the team.

Tasked with passing off his grotesque Olympic mascots as a piece of premier British design, Lord Coe commissioned two of the world's most trusted cynicism deflectors: a crowd of primary school children and an endorsement by Michael Morpurgo.

But it is exceedingly dangerous, especially if there is sudden braking.The wind deflectors for the semis were developed by BMI, a small company based in South Carolina.

Nikola Tesla's revenge Following the footprints The armour strikes back Parallel bars Alpha geek ReprintsThe wind deflectors for the semis were developed by BMI, a small company based in South Carolina.

In the spring of 1915, the French aircraft company Morane-Saulnier found that if you mounted a machine gun up front and put bullet deflectors behind the propeller blades you could shoot from the cockpit without damaging your own plane.