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Definition of Plumbing
1. Noun. Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage.
2. Noun. The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building).
3. Noun. Measuring the depths of the oceans.
Generic synonyms: Measure, Measurement, Measuring, Mensuration
Derivative terms: Bathymetric, Bathymetrical, Plumb
Definition of Plumbing
1. n. The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
Definition of Plumbing
1. Noun. The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building. ¹
2. Noun. The trade or occupation of a plumber. ¹
3. Noun. (uncountable informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system. ¹
4. Noun. A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plumbing
1. the pipe system of a building [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbing
Literary usage of Plumbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and ...by Victor Wilfred Pagé by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"Perspective versus mechanical drawing in showing plumbing construction. 3.
Correct and incorrect methods in plumbing drawing; plan and elevation explained. ..."
2. Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks by National Research Council (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2006)
"Indeed, the only Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) rule in which drinking water
quality is purposefully measured within premise plumbing is the Lead and Copper ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"Don't (io It Blind When it comes to a matter of choosing what kind of plumbing
is going into your h oust-. It will pay you to get posted now. ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"For plumbing ordinance requirements within the building, ... plumbing Defined.—For
the purpose of ordinances, plumbing may be denned to be the placing of ..."
5. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"Pharmaceutical Record, plumbing Mechanical Drawing for Plumbers. ... Correct and
incorrect methods in plumbing drawing; plan and elevation explained. 4. ..."
6. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"Pharmaceutical Record plumbing Mechanical Drawing for Plumbers. By RM STARBUCK.
A concise, comprehend vp and practical treatise on the subject of mechanical ..."
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