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Downcomer   Listen
noun
Downcomer  n.  A pipe to conduct something downwards; specif.:
(a)
(Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
(b)
(Steam Engin.) In some water-tube boilers, a tube larger in diameter than the water tubes to conduct the water from each top drum to a bottom drum, thus completing the circulation.






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