sprinkler

  • 51sprinkler —   Wiliwiliwai (lawn) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 52sprinkler — спринклер …

    English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • 53sprinkler — n. a person or thing that sprinkles, esp. a device for sprinkling water on a lawn or to extinguish fires …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 54sprinkler system — noun Date: circa 1909 a system for protecting a building against fire by means of overhead pipes which convey an extinguishing fluid (as water) to heat activated outlets …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 55sprinkler system — system of water hoses which can be automatically activated …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 56sprinkler system — sprin′kler sys tem n. bui a system for automatically extinguishing fires in a building, consisting of overhead water pipes with outlet valves that open at a certain temperature • Etymology: 1880–85 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 57sprinkler system — /ˈsprɪŋklə sɪstəm/ (say springkluh sistuhm) noun 1. a system of ceiling pipes in a building with valves which open automatically at certain temperatures, used for extinguishing fires. 2. a system of pipes, etc., for watering gardens and lawns …

  • 58sprinkler system — An overhead arrangement of water pipes and sprinklers, constructed and maintained in a building as a protection against fire, water being turned on automatically upon a rise in temperature consequent to the starting of a fire …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 59Fire sprinkler system — A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection measure, consisting of a water supply, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected. Although historically only used… …

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  • 60Fire sprinkler — A fire sprinkler is the part of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a predetermined temperature has been reached. History Henry S. Parmelee of New Haven, CT created and… …

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