plumbing
[′pləm·iŋ] (civil engineering)
The system of pipes and fixtures concerned with the introduction, distribution, and disposal of water in a building.
(electromagnetism)
Slang term for the pipelike waveguide circuit elements used in microwave radio and radar equipment.
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What does it mean when you dream about plumbing?
A conduit of water or of waste, plumbing symbolizes the flow of emotions. If the plumbing is stopped up, the dreamer may need emotional “release.”
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plumbing
2. The work or business of installing in buildings the pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid and waterborne wastes.
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plumbing
Hose tubing and lines for connecting liquid systems [LOX (liquid oxygen), hydraulic, lubrication, fuel] and pneumatic systems of the aircraft.
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plumbing
(Unix) Term used for
shell code, so called because of the
prevalence of "pipelines" that feed the output of one
program to the input of another. Under
Unix, user utilities
can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable
collection of pipelines and temporary file
grinding
encapsulated in a
shell script. This is much less effort
than writing
C every time, and the capability is considered
one of Unix's major winning features. A few other operating systems such as
IBM's
VM/CMS support similar facilities.
The
tee utility is specifically designed for plumbing.
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