Atmospheric line

(Steam Engin.) the equilibrium line of an indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere" when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere. (See Indicator card.
- Tomlinson.

See also: Atmospheric

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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