Puffer may refer to:
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Clyde puffer
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde Canal, which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides of Scotland.
Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy ...
, a type of cargo ship used in the Clyde estuary and off the west coast of Scotland
* Puffer, a type of
circuit breaker
A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an Electrical network, electrical circuit from damage caused by current in excess of that which the equipment can safely carry (overcurrent). Its basic function is to interr ...
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Inhaler
An inhaler (puffer, asthma pump or allergy spray) is a medical device used for delivering medicines into the lungs through the work of a person's breathing. This allows medicines to be delivered to and absorbed in the lungs, which provides the ...
, a medical device used for delivering medication into the body via the lungs
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Puffer machine
An explosives trace-detection portal machine, also known as a trace portal machine and commonly known as a puffer machine, is a security device that seeks to detect explosives and illegal drugs at airports and other sensitive facilities as a part ...
, used to detect explosives
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Puffer train
In a cellular automaton, a puffer train, or simply puffer, is a finite pattern that moves itself across the "universe", leaving debris behind. Thus a pattern consisting of only a puffer will grow arbitrarily large over time. While both puffers and ...
, a class of patterns in automata such as Conway's Game of Life
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Pufferfish
Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...
, a type of fish in family Tetraodontidae which can inflate itself as a defence mechanism
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Puffer (surname) Puffer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Puffer (1840–1875)
* Brandon Puffer (born 1975), American baseball player
* Ethel Dench Puffer Howes (1872–1950), American psychologist and feminist
* Fred Puffer (c. 1871 ...
, a surname
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Supercharger
In an internal combustion engine, a supercharger compresses the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given displacement (engine), displacement. It is a form of forced induction that is mechanically ...
for a motor car engine
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USS ''Puffer'', two submarine vessels of the United States Navy
* ''Puffer'', name for a particular type of German
Wheellock
A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development in firearms technology after the matchlock, and the first self-igniting firearm. Its name ...
pistol, usually from Nuremberg or Augsburg
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Puffer jacket
The down jacket, known more commonly in the fashion industry as a puffer jacket or simply puffer, is a quilted winter jacket which is insulated with either duck or goose feathers. Air pockets created by the bulk of the feathers allow for the re ...
, a type of jacket
* "Puffer", a song by indie rock/noise pop band Speedy Ortiz from ''
Foil Deer
''Foil Deer'' is the second studio album by Boston, Massachusetts indie rock band, Speedy Ortiz. The album was released by Carpark Records on April 21, 2015.
Critical reception
''Foil Deer'' received generally favorable reviews from critics; on ...
''
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Puffer (research study), online streaming service
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