Clearance space

Clearance space
Clearance Clear"ance (kl[=e]r"ans), n. 1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance. [1913 Webster]

2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail. [1913 Webster]

Every ship was subject to seizure for want of stamped clearances. --Durke [1913 Webster]

3. Clear or net profit. --Trollope. [1913 Webster]

4. (Mach.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages. [1913 Webster]

{Clearance space} (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Clearance — A clearance can refer to: in chess, A positional move, where a player moves a piece occupying a certain square away, replacing it with an allied piece that will strengthen the player s position. in engineering and safety, a physical distance or… …   Wikipedia

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