Definition of Sprinkler system

1. Noun. A system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature.

Terms within: Nose, Nozzle, Siamese, Siamese Connection
Generic synonyms: System

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprinkler System

springs
springtail
springtails
springtide
springtides
springtime
springtimes
springwater
springwaters
springwood
springwoods
springy
sprinkle
sprinkled
sprinkler
sprinkler system (current term)
sprinklered
sprinklering
sprinklers
sprinkles
sprinkling
sprinklings
sprinkly
sprint
sprinted
sprinter
sprinters
sprinting
sprints

Literary usage of Sprinkler system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Automatic Sprinkler Protection by Gorham Dana (1919)
"... CHEMICAL sprinkler system GENERAL DESCRIPTION This device which was approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories December 19, 1916, is made by the ..."

2. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1918)
"... of buildings to install fire-protection apparatus under direction of fire commission authorizes commission to require installation of sprinkler system, ..."

3. Briefs on the Law of Insurance by Roger William Cooley, Lawrence Vold (1919)
"The promissory warranty in a fire policy that insured will use due diligence at all times to maintain an automatic sprinkler system in good working order is ..."

4. The Law of Fire Insurance by George Ansel Clement (1905)
"Burden of Proof — sprinkler system. An agreement that a sprinkler system is in complete working order, and that the insured will use due diligence to ..."

5. The Law of Fire Insurance by George Ansel Clement (1905)
"Burden of Proof — sprinkler system. An agreement that a sprinkler system is in complete working order, and that the insured ..."

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