n. A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to fall. ] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. [ 1913 Webster ]
The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
. (Physics) A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called
tandem system,
concatenated system
cascade connection,
tandem connection,
concatenated connection
a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained a
tandem control,
concatenation control
n. [ F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to fall. ] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. [ 1913 Webster ]
The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
. (Physics) A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called
tandem system,
concatenated system
cascade connection,
tandem connection,
concatenated connection
a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained a
tandem control,
concatenation control