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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