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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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