Nozzle
['nɒz(ə)l] or ['nɑzl]
Definition
(noun.) a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged.
Inputed by Carter--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
(n.) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
(n.) A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
Inputed by Errol
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Nose, snout.
Editor: Rebekah
Definition
n. a little nose: the snout: the extremity of anything: the open end of a pipe or tube as of a bellows &c.
Checker: Zelig
Examples
- Never mind him, my dear,' said the Jew, winking at Mr. Dawkins, and giving Master Bates a reproving tap with the nozzle of the bellows. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Every time we squeeze the bulb of an atomizer, we force compressed or condensed air through the atomizer, and the condensed air pushes the liquid out of the nozzle (Fig. 51). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By squeezing the bulb, air is forced out of the nozzle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The user inserted the nozzle in the liquid, drew it into the pump, and then ejected it on the flames. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The furnace is filled with charcoal, and a lighted coal being introduced before the nozzle, the mass in the interior is soon kindled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Steam turbine with many blades and 4 nozzles. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A single large turbine wheel may have as many as 800,000 sails or blades, and steam may pour out upon these from many nozzles. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In Figure 127 the protecting case is removed, in order that the form of the turbine and the positions of the nozzles may be visible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The bellows are usually made of two goatskins with bamboo nozzles, which are inserted into tubes of clay that pass into the furnace. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To assist this operation _flexible nozzles_ have been invented which permit the stream to be easily turned in any desired direction. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Checker: Presley