orifice meter

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noun

engineering a plate having a central hole that is placed across the flow of a liquid, usually between flanges in a pipeline. The pressure difference generated by the flow velocity through the hole enables the flow quantity to be measured

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Words nearby orifice meter

orienteering, Orient Express, orienting reflex, orienting response, orifice, orifice meter, orificium, oriflamme, orig., origami, origan

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So, as Tarshis said in a recent essay: Cosby “just found another orifice to use.”
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They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
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The concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, is at 153 micrograms per cubic meter.
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You can only see from above about a meter below the surface.
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The government of Colombia decided to loan the 28,000 square meter fixer-upper to a fraternity of hermetic Benedictine monks.
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Down the block, a taxi that had been parked with meter ticking across from Engel's apartment-hotel drew away slowly.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
At its orifice reappeared the gold, spouting up furious and fuming, as if insulted by the vile metal which confined it.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas
Plants are set out one meter apart in each direction, as they spread considerably.
Philippine Mats|Hugo H. Miller
I think the change began with the failure of the supply of gas from the penny-in-the-slot meter.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
A crimson orifice was seen just back of the foreleg, which showed where the tiny messenger of death had entered.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis

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