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Definition of Throttles

Throttle
Throttle Throt"tle, n. [Dim. of throat. See Throat.] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve. Throttle lever (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. Throttle valve (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.
Throttle
Throttle Throt"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling.] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. --Milton. 2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.] Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. --Shak. 3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Throttle
Throttle Throt"tle, v. i. 1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. 2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

Meaning of Throttles from wikipedia

- thing as a throttle, and that carbureted engines have throttles as well. A throttle body simply supplies a convenient place to mount a throttle in the absence...
- or throttling may also refer to: Throttle (film), a 2005 thriller Throttle (novella), a 2009 novella by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill Throttle, one...
- inventions that bear his name, the Vernier throttle is based on the work of mathematician Pierre Vernier. Vernier throttles are commonly used in aircraft.[citation...
- Full Throttle as a proper noun is an allusion to wide open throttle (full throttle) on an engine. It may refer to: Full Throttle (1984 video game), a...
- response to a driver's request for acceleration. Throttles are not used in diesel engines, but the term throttle can be used to refer to any input that modulates...
- 1 December 2018. Wilkinson, Tom (March 1986). "Computerized gas pedal throttles wheelspin". Po****r Science. 228 (3): 38H. ISSN 0161-7370. Fuller, John...
- Bandwidth throttling consists in the limitation of the communication speed (bytes or kilobytes per second), of the ingoing (received) or outgoing (sent)...
- A throttle position sensor (TPS) is a sensor used to monitor the throttle body valve position for the ECU of an engine. The sensor is usually located...
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by McG and written by John August, and Cormac and Marianne Wibberley. It...
- Throttle is a novella written by Joe Hill and Stephen King. It was published in February 2009 by Gauntlet Press in a limited edition anthology honoring...