This category includes. float-and-thermostatic traps and inverted bucket traps. - Thermostatic traps, which operate on the principle that saturated process. steam is hotter than either its condensate or steam mixed with condensible. gas. When separated from steam, condensate cools to below the steam.
Definition of Cilia. Cilia: The fine hairlike projections from certain cells such as those in the respiratory tract that sweep in unison and help to sweep away fluids and particles. Some single-celled organisms use the rhythmical motion of cilia for locomotion. Cilia is the plural of cilium, a Latin word referring to the edge of the eyelid and, much later, to the eyelashes. Cilia came to be known fine hairlike projections from cells.
Noun. 1. cilium-a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms. cell organ, cell organelle, organelle-a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus.. pl. cilÂ·iÂ·a (-Ä-É). 1. A microscopic hairlike process extending from the surface of a cell or unicellular organism. Capable of rhythmical motion, it acts in unison with other such structures to bring about the movement of the cell or of the surrounding medium. 2.