Meanings
plural water jackets
- An enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.
The headbolt heater consists of a hollow steel bolt containing an electric heating element. This device is designed to heat the water jacket and is applied to the engine head by replacing a headbolt.
1949, American Railway Engineering Association, Bulletin - Issues 481-487, page 277Synonyms: water mantle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.
Translations
Finnish vesivaippa
- vesivaippaenclosed space
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