Found 4 items, similar to Clearance.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: clearance
izin
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: clearance
pembersihan, penjernihan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: clearance
clearance
n 1: the distance by which one thing clears another; the space
between them
2: vertical space available to allow easy passage under
something [syn:
headroom,
headway]
3: permission to proceed;
“the plane was given clearance to
land”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Clearance
Clearance
\Clear"ance\ (kl[=e]r"ans), n.
1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
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2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at
the customhouse; permission to sail.
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Every ship was subject to seizure for want of
stamped clearances. --Durke
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3. Clear or net profit. --Trollope.
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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.
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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.
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