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plug
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[ noun ] blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The anode in figure 2 was mounted by means of the anode holder which was attached to a steel plug and disk . The anode consisted_of a 1/2 inch diameter porous graphite plug , 1/4 inch long . The anode plug ( Figure 2 ) was inserted into a carbon anode holder . A plug and a tube with holes in its cylindrical walls divided the chamber above the porous plug into two parts . A plug and a tube with holes in its cylindrical walls divided the chamber above the porous plug into two parts . |
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[ verb ] fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
Examples "plug the hole" "stop up the leak" Used in print (The Miami Herald,...)Since 1953 California has led the nation in enacting guarantees that public business shall be publicly conducted , but not until this year did the lawmakers in Sacramento plug the remaining loopholes in the Brown_Act . (The Sun, [Baltimore]...)It should be easier to plug two spots than it was to fill the wholesale lots that were open last year , but so_far it has n't worked that way . |
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[ noun ] (physics) an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
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[ noun ] an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
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