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silencer


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muffler  \Muf"fler\,  n.  (Mach.) 
  Any  of  various  devices  to  deaden  the  noise  of  escaping  gases 
  or  vapors,  as  a  tube  filled  with  obstructions,  through  which 
  the  exhaust  gases  of  an  internal-combustion  engine,  as  on  an 
  automobile,  are  passed  (called  also  {silencer}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Silencer  \Si"lenc*er\,  n. 
  One  that  silences;  specif.: 
  a  The  muffler  of  an  internal-combustion  engine. 
  b  Any  of  various  devices  to  silence  the  humming  noise  of 
  telegraph  wires. 
  c  A  device  for  silencing  the  report  of  a  firearm  shooting 
  its  projectiles  singly,  as  a  tubular  attachment  for  the 
  muzzle  having  circular  plates  that  permit  the  passage  of 
  the  projectile  but  impart  a  rotary  motion  to  and  thus 
  retard,  the  exploding  gases. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  silencer 
  n  :  a  device  inserted  in  the  exhaust  system  that  is  designed  to 
  reduce  noise  [syn:  {muffler}] 




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