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throttling

[′thräd·əl·iŋ]
(aerospace engineering)
The varying of the thrust of a rocket engine during powered flight.
(control systems)
Control by means of intermediate steps between full on and full off.
(thermodynamics)
An adiabatic, irreversible process in which a gas expands by passing from one chamber to another chamber which is at a lower pressure than the first chamber.
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throttle

To cause something to slow down or speed up. When automobiles first emerged at the turn of the 20th century up until the 1940s, they used to have a throttle. It was a lever that increased the engine speed as it was pulled out. See CPU throttling, throttled transfer and bandwidth throttling.
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Throttling

 

the flow of a fluid, vapor, or gas through a throttle—a local hydrodynamic resistance to a current (narrowing of a pipe, valve, or tap)—during which there is a change in pressure and temperature (the Joule-Thomson effect). The throttling effect is used mainly for copious cooling and liquefaction of gases. It is widely used to measure and regulate the consumption of liquids and gases.

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