Plunger
['plʌn(d)ʒə] or ['plʌndʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains.
Edited by Ian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
(n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
(n.) One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
(n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
(n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Edited by Kitty
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Diver.[2]. Piston.
Typed by Duane
Examples
- To this plunger is attached a weighted case filled with one or many tons of metal or other coarse material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The height to which the water can be forced in the pipe depends upon the size and construction of the pump and upon the force with which the plunger can be moved. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As the wheel rotates, its motion is communicated to a mechanical device which makes use of it to raise and lower a plunger, and hence as long as the wind turns the windmill, water is raised. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the piston moves downward as in (3), the valve in the pipe closes by its own weight, and the air in the cylinder escapes through the valve in the plunger. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This consists of a large cast-iron cylinder fitted with a plunger, which is made to work water-tight therein by means of suitable packing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hence, even when the plunger is moving upward, water is forced through the pipe because of the pressure of the compressed air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In (2) the plunger is being raised and is lifting the column of air that rests on it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was a governor, called the dash pot--a small cylinder partially filled with oil, and in which was a plunger. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- C is an air compressing pump, whose plunger descending compresses the air and forces it out through valve I, pipe 2, and coil 3. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In (5) the process of (3) is being repeated, but water instead of air is escaping through the valve in the plunger. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No doubt scale has something to do with the matter; he was a record, the record plunger; but there is something more in it than that. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Water is pumped into the cylinder until the plunger is raised to its full height within the cylinder, when the supply of water is cut off by the automatic operation of a valve. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It shows a little solenoid arrangement, with one end of the plunger attached to the diaphragm of a speaking or resonating chamber. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The continuing action of the plunger is such as to screw the wire into the back. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An upward motion of the plunger allows water to enter the cylinder, and the downward motion of the plunger drives water through _E_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Water is supplied to the two plungers under a pressure of 7,000 pounds per square inch, giving it a maximum capacity of 15,000 tons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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