clearance space

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Noun

clearance space (countable and uncountable, plural clearance spaces)

  1. (engineering) In a steam engine, the space enclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke, including the the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc.