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jacketA plastic housing that contains a floppy disk. The 5.25" disk is built into a flexible jacket; the 3.5" disk uses a rigid jacket. jacket Engineering 1. any exterior covering or casing, such as the insulating cover of a boiler 2. the part of the cylinder block of an internal-combustion engine that encloses the coolant jacket [′jak·ət] (mechanical engineering) The space around an engine cylinder through which a cooling liquid circulates. (nucleonics) A thin container for one or more fuel slugs, used to prevent the fuel from escaping into the coolant of a reactor. Also known as can; cartridge. (ordnance) Cylinder of steel covering and strengthening the breech end of a gun or howitzer tube. The water jacket on some machine guns. (petroleum engineering) The support structure of a steel offshore production platform; it is fixed to the seabed by piling, and the superstructure is mounted on it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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