Bourdon
(n.) A pilgrim's staff. |
Bourdon
(n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) |
Bourdon
(n.) A kind of organ stop. |
Broad gauge
() A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
Crookes tube
() A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. |
Gauge
(v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of |
Gauge
(n.) A measure |
Gauge
(n.) Measure |
Gauge
(n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things |
Gauge
(n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment |
Gauge
(n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind |
Gauge
(n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. |
Gauge
(n.) The distance between the rails of a railway. |
Gauge
(n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. |
Gauge
(n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid |
Geissler tube
() A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it |
Pitot's tube
() A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube |
Sea gauge
() See under Gauge, n. |
Tube
(n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes |
Tube
(n.) A telescope. |
Tube
(n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance. |
Tube
(n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla. |
Tube
(n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction. |
Tube
(n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through. |
Tube
(n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm. |
Tube
(n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk. |
Tube
(v. t.) To furnish with a tube |
Tube-nosed
(a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak |
Tube-nosed
(a.) Belonging to the Tubinares. |
Tube-shell
(n.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell. |
Water gauge
() A wall or bank to hold water back. |
Water gauge
() An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge. |
Water tube
() One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst. |
| neural tube | a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop |
harpy harpy bat
tube-nosed bat
tube-nosed fruit bat | any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
| tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration |
| acorn tube | a small vacuum tube, used at high frequencies |
anemometer
wind gauge
wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
blowgun
blowpipe blowtube blow tube | a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing |
blowtube
blow tube
blowpipe | a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat |
| boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
breech
rear of barrel
rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded |
| broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
capillary
capillary tube
capillary tubing | a tube of small internal diameter, holds liquid by capillary action |
cathodeay tube
CRT | a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen |
color tube
colour tube
color television tube
colour television tube
color TV tube
colour TV tube | a television tube that displays images in full color |
| counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
| Crookes tube | the original gas-discharge cathodeay tube |
depth gauge
depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
diode rectifying tube
rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
driven well
tube well | a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water |
drone
drone pipe
bourdon | a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone |
| endotracheal tube | a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents |
fuel gauge
fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
| gas-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
gasoline gauge
gasoline gage
gas gauge
gas gage
petrol gauge
petrol gage | gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle |
gauge
gage | a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. |
Geiger tube
Geiger-Muller tube | an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter |
| glow tube | a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas, the color of the glow depends on the particular gas |
| inner tube | an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire |
ionization chamber
ionization tube | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
kinescope
picture tube
television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
| Kundt's tube | a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound |
metro
tube underground
subway system
subway | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city), in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
micrometer
micrometer gauge
micrometer caliper | caliper for measuring small distances |
| narrow gauge | a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard . inches |
| nasotracheal tube | a tube inserted into the trachea through the nose and pharynx, used to deliver oxygen |
neon lamp
neon induction lamp
neon tube | a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure, luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube |
pipe wrench
tube wrench | adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe, has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe |
Pitot-static tube
Pitot head
Pitot tube | measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure, used in aircraft to measure airspeed |
Pitot tube
Pitot | measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow |
pressure gauge
pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
proportional counter tube
proportional counter | counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced |
rain gauge
rain gage
pluviometer
udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
| speaking tube | a tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another |
| standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of . inches |
| static tube | a measuring instrument used to measure static pressure in a stream of fluid |
strain gauge
strain gage | a gauge for measuring strain in a surface |
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
televisionamera tube
television pickup tube | a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals |
television receiver
television television set
tv
tv set
idiot box
boob tube
telly
goggle box | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen, the British call a tv set a telly |
| test tube | glass tube closed at one end |
| torpedo tube | a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired |