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blow·off

(blō′ôf′, -ŏf′)

1. Something, such as a gas, that is blown off.

2. A device or channel for blowing off something.

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blow•off

(ˈbloʊˌɔf, -ˌɒf)

n.

1. a current of escaping surplus steam, etc.

2. a temporary, sudden surge, as in prices.

[1830–40]

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Cetegen, "Blowoff characteristics of bluff-body stabilized conical premixed flames with upstream spatial mixture gradients and velocity oscillations," Combustion and Flame, vol.

Effect of Modulation of the Inlet Velocity and Equivalence Ratio Gradients on the Stabilization of Stratified Axisymmetric Bluff-Body Flames

And we can clean off persons entering the clean room in blowoff chambers."

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Kudo, "Determining factor for the blowoff limit of a flame spreading in an opposed turbulent flow, in a narrow solid-fuel duct," Combustion and Flame, vol.

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The theme of the higher education bubble may be overworked--unlike most professors at elite institutions--but the mushrooming ranks of professors of sustainability are likely to mark the blowoff stage of academic decay.

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