*Distilled.* A liquid which has been vaporized and
condensed back into a liquid.
*Dynamo.* An apparatus, consisting of field and
core magnets, which, when the core
is turned, will develop a current of
electricity.
*Effective.* Producing the best results.
*Electrolyte.* Any material which is capable of being
decomposed by an electric current.
*Eliminate.* To take away from; to remove; to take out.
*Elliptical.* A form which is in the shape of an
ellipse.
*Emergency.* At the last or critical moment.
*Equipped.* Built with; arranged with all the
elements.
*Excessive.* Too much; more than normal.
*Exhaust.* The discharge of the burnt gas from an
internal combustion engine.
*Expansion.* The term applied to the increases in
volume by heat of a gas, or other
substance.
*Expansion line.* The line formed by the different
pressures at various parts of the
piston during the active stroke.
*Explosion.* The burning and expansive force of a fuel.
*Equalizer.* A mechanical element which is interposed
between a moving and two or more moved
parts to even up the force upon the
moved parts.
*Facility.* Ease; easiness in performing.
*Fascination.* Attraction; an irresistible or powerful
influence.
*Field.* A term used to designate the magnetic
influence of pole pieces which surround
an armature in a dynamo or motor.
*Fire test.* The determination of the point at which
any substance will actually burst into
flame.
*Flash system.* A method of igniting substances. A
leaping spark.
*Flash point.* The temperature at which a fuel will
flash but not burn.
*Flexible.* Yielding; capable of being distorted.
*Floating.* A condition in which a substance will not
sink in a liquid.
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