However, this results in the supercharger being filled with compressed fuel / air mixture, with a strong tendency to explode should the engine backfire ; this type of explosion is frequently seen in drag races, which for safety reasons now incorporate pressure releasing blow-off plates on the intake manifold, breakaway bolts holding the supercharger to the manifold, and shrapnel-catching ballistic nylon blankets surrounding the superchargers.

The current technique, used in tanks like the M1 Abrams, is to armor the compartments and provide blow-off panels to channel the force of the explosion to the exterior of the tank and prevent the Jack-in-the-box effect.

If the ammunition storage area is hit, a blow-off panel in the turret roof would direct an explosion upwards away from the crew compartment.

The Type 51 is visually very similar to the Type 35-the obvious external differences of a Type 51 are: the supercharger blow-off outlet is lower the bonnet in the louvered section ; one piece cast wheels instead of bolted on rims ; twin fuel caps behind the driver and finally the magneto being off-set to the left on the dash.

Gags can use many different types of blow-off ( ending ), but some of the most popular are the confetti bucket, the long shirt, a pants drop or the time-honored " all clowns exit running " although contemporary indoor shows may end a clown gag with a simple blackout.

Entrées almost always end with a blow-off.

Side dishes almost always end with a blow-off.

Clown Stops almost always end with a blow-off.

Modern turbochargers can use wastegates, blow-off valves and variable geometry, as discussed in later sections.

These are known as an anti-surge, diverter, bypass, blow-off valve ( BOV ), or dump valve.

The work level in these courses vary ; they can range from " blow-off classes " or unofficial " study periods " to just as demanding as other non-IB courses, though product team teachers are prohibited from giving students work to do outside of classroom time.

Some tank designs employ blow-off panels, channeling such explosions outside of the vehicle, turning an otherwise catastrophic kill into a firepower kill.

The blow-off came in the last two minutes of the game.

* Absalom is the name of a comedic character in " The Miller's Tale " in the Canterbury Tales.

In contrast to the depictions of difficult labor above, an alternative version is presented in Amphitryon, a comedic play by Plautus.

General Melchett ( Stephen Fry ) rallies his troops from a French château thirty-five miles from the front, where he is aided and abetted by his assistant, Captain Darling ( Tim McInnerny ), pencil-pusher supreme and Blackadder's nemesis, whose name is played on for maximum comedic value.

An example is the cult status of British comedic actor Norman Wisdom's films in Albania.

Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking.

Some performers may deliberately block ( or otherwise break out of character ) for comedic effect — this is known as gagging -- but this generally prevents the scene from advancing and is frowned upon by many improvisers.

In 1975 Jonathan Fox founded Playback Theatre, a form of improvised community theatre which is often not comedic and replays stories as shared by members of the audience.

Jarmusch's approach to filmmaking — in the words of The Salt Lake Tribune critic Sean P. Means — involves " blending film styles and genres with sharp wit and dark humor ", and is pervaded by a signature deadpan comedic tone.

Similarly, the most popular Arthurian tale throughout this period seems to have been that of Tom Thumb, which was told first through chapbooks and later through the political plays of Henry Fielding ; although the action is clearly set in Arthurian Britain, the treatment is humorous and Arthur appears as a primarily comedic version of his romance character.

* Foolin Around is a 1980 movie starting Gary Busey and Annette O ' Toole, which uses a Milgram experiment parody in a comedic scene.

Richardson is known for her role as a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy Blackadder II.

While puns are often simple wordplay for comedic or rhetorical effect, a double entendre alludes to a second meaning which is not contained within the statement or phrase itself, often one which purposefully disguises the second meaning.

In New Comedy, he writes, “ the slave is often not much more than a comedic turn, with the added purpose, perhaps, of exposition ”.

Space Quest is a series of six comedic science fiction computer adventure games released between 1986 and 1995.

Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo.

* Real Life ( 1979 ) is a comedic film about the creation of a show similar to An American Family gone horribly wrong.

While the object from which the genre is derived dates from the Renaissance, theater historians argue that slapstick comedy has been at least somewhat present in almost all comedic genres since the rejuvenation of theater in church liturgical dramas in the Middle Ages.

Soylent Green is referred to in a number of television series and other media, either for dramatic or comedic effect.

The most successful of these, My Name is Nobody, presented Fonda in a rare comedic performance as an old gunslinger whose plans to retire are dampened by a " fan " of sorts.

More serious sketch comedians differentiate their art from that of the skit, maintaining that skits tend to be a ( single ) dramatized joke, while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character, or situation.

Eric Idle ( born 29 March 1943 ) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer and comedic composer.

The first half of The Charles Men, ending on the climax of the battle of Poltava in 1709, is more dramatically coherent than the second.

In sixteen states, the fiscal year ending of the cities ( June 30 ) is the same as that of the state: Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Hawaii ).

April 15 is usually the final date for filing income tax returns for most people because they use the calendar year ending on December 31.

If you use a fiscal year, a year ending on the last day of any month other than December, your return is due on or before the 15th day of the 4th month after the close of your tax year.

In the tune to which this hymn is most often sung, `` Boylston '', the syllables have and fy, ending their lines, have twice the time any other syllables have.

An RDW will be of the form Af, where xxxx is the starting location of the area and yyyy is its ending location.

this is a `` fade '' ending, and what you have here is a downtalking style of speech, expressing something less than conventional respect for mother.

A new report on the earnings records of toll roads in the most recent 12-month period -- ending in February or March -- shows what is happening.

" Heath comments that " The last phrase is curious, but the meaning of it is obvious enough, as also the meaning of the phrase about ending " at one and the same number "( Heath 1908: 300 ).

Cottard is distressed by the ending of the epidemic, from which he has profited by shady dealings.

When Tarrou points out that " victories will never be lasting ," Rieux admits that he is involved in a " never ending defeat ," but this does not stop him from engaging in the struggle.

In British English, according to Hart's Rules, the general rule is that abbreviations ( in the narrow sense that includes only words with the ending, and not the middle, dropped ) terminate with a full stop ( period ), whereas contractions ( in the sense of words missing a middle part ) do not.

Because ending the game is optional, and a player may not realize that he can end it, it is unethical to say " good game ", or in any other way indicate that the game could be ended, until after a player actually has ended the game.

* 1920 – The Latvian – Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.

* 1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.

* 1791 – The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman – Habsburg wars.

The Ravenna Cosmography of about 700 CE cites Agiation, which sometimes is taken as evidence of a prior Greek city, as-ion appears to be a Greek ending.

" This language means that the appointments are effectively for life, ending only when a Justice dies in office, retires, or is removed from office following impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate.

In this ending, Nora is led to her children after having argued with Torvald.

The " shock ending " finale is effective even while it upholds horror-film convention, its suspense sequences are buttressed by teen comedy tropes, and its use of split-screen, split-diopter and slow motion shots tell the story visually rather than through dialogue.

A match is started by a randomly chosen side being given the opportunity to throw a smaller ball, the jack ( called a boccino or pallino in some areas ), from one end of the court into a zone in length, ending from the far end of the court.