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Synonyms for air-pipe


Grammar : Noun
Spell : air-pahyp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛərˌpaɪp



Définition of air-pipe

  • As in air pipe : noun ventilating pipe
Example sentences :
  • To the diver, however, save for the cascade of air through his air-pipe, the sea is silent.
  • Extract from : « Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries » by Edward Rowland
  • An elbow tube is securely fitted on the helmet, to which is fixed an inlet valve, to which the air-pipe is attached.
  • Extract from : « Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare » by C. W. Sleeman
  • The inlet valve is made that the air can enter, but in case of a break in the air-pipe it cannot escape.
  • Extract from : « Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare » by C. W. Sleeman
  • One pull on the air-pipe signifies that the diver wants more air.
  • Extract from : « Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare » by C. W. Sleeman
  • My communication-cord and my air-pipe led up between the barrels, to outer safety; but what of that?
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 40, April, 1894 » by Various
  • The Soudan is joined to Egypt by the Nile, as a diver is connected with the surface by his air-pipe.
  • Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill
  • This is shown in detail in fig. 25, in which N is the brass ferule and M the rubber stopper through which the air-pipe passes.
  • Extract from : « Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man » by Francis Gano Benedict
  • To the air-pipe just before it entered the calorimeter was attached a copper can with a rubber diaphragm top.
  • Extract from : « Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man » by Francis Gano Benedict
  • Generally the air-pipe terminates either in the hollowed portion of the frame, or in an independent pot, or air chest.
  • Extract from : « Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants » by R. E. Mathot
  • In another moment the life-line and air-pipe ceased to run out, and then the assistant gave one pull on the line.
  • Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne

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