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flushometer

American  
[fluhsh-om-i-ter] / flʌʃˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun

  1. a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.


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The urinals in the men’s room look like some on the website of the manufacturer Toto, with the $1,071 flushometer valve.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2015

Each water closet must be flushed from a separate cistern, the water from which is used for no other purpose, or may be flushed through flushometer valves.

From Elements of Plumbing by Samuel Edward Dibble

Water closets and urinals must not be connected directly or flushed from the water-supply pipes except when flushometer valves are used.

From Elements of Plumbing by Samuel Edward Dibble

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