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scavenging


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scavenging  \Scav"eng*ing\,  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  of  {Scavenge}.  Hence 
  n.  (Internal-combustion  Engines) 
  Act  or  process  of  expelling  the  exhaust  gases  from  the 
  cylinder  by  some  special  means  as  in  many  four-cycle 
  engines,  by  utilizing  the  momentum  of  the  exhaust  gases  in  a 
  long  exhaust  pipe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scavenging 
  adj  1:  searching  for  and  salvaging  anything  useful  from  discarded 
  material;  "scavenging  larvae" 
  2:  searching  for  and  feeding  on  decaying  matter;  "scavenging 
  hyenas  and  vultures" 




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