air-pipe
101air lock — n. airtight chamber, small area between two airtight doors which allows one to pass through to an area with a different atmospheric pressure; pocket of air or vapor in a pipe that prevents the regular flow of fluids …
102air lock — noun (C) 1 a small room used for moving between two places that do not have the same air pressure, such as in a space vehicle or a vehicle under water 2 a bubble 1 (1) in a pipe that stops liquid flowing through it …
103air lift — noun : a pumping device consisting of two different sized pipes, one within or adjacent to the other, compressed air or gas being forced down through the smaller pipe causing the fluid which is to be pumped to rise through the larger …
104pipe organ — noun The largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action, or modernly, electrically …
105pipe dream — I vain hope, chimera, bubble. See desire. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. fantasy, *castle in the sky, *castle in Spain, daydream, flight of fancy, *fool s paradise, chimera, delusion, *pie in the sky, wishful thinking. III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
106pipe dream — n Informal. fantasy, illusion, mirage, chimera, castle in the air; notion, vague notion, whimsy, vagary, figment of the imagination, romance; dream, daydream, reverie, vision, delusion …
107Compressed-air energy storage — (CAES) refers to the compression of airto be used later as energy source. At utility scale, it can be stored during periods of low energy demand (off peak), for use in meeting periods of higher demand (peak load). Alternatively it can be used to… …
108conduit d'air — oro vamzdis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. air conduit; air duct; air pipe; air pipeline vok. Luftführungskanal, m; Luftleitung, f; Luftzug, m rus. воздуховод, m; воздухопровод, m pranc. conduit d air, m; tuyau à air, m …
109tuyau à air — oro vamzdis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. air conduit; air duct; air pipe; air pipeline vok. Luftführungskanal, m; Luftleitung, f; Luftzug, m rus. воздуховод, m; воздухопровод, m pranc. conduit d air, m; tuyau à air, m …
110To smoke the pipe of peace — Pipe Pipe, n. [AS. p[=i]pe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of imitative origin. Cf. {Peep}, {Pibroch}, {Fife}.] 1. A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces… …
