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Significados de stopcock en inglés

portugués
torneira
catalán
clau de pas
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A device applied to the end of a pipe in order to interrupt and regulate the flow of a liquid or gas.

torneira
Uso de stopcock en inglés
1
Nick closed the stopcock of the bedroom radiator and threw open every window.
The Assistant
2
Who is responsible for locating the stopcock in these circumstances?
The Irish Times
3
When the outer door was open, I opened the stopcock and shut the door.
Space Tug
4
The end, A, is stopped, and the stopcock, B, soldered into the other end.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882
5
He turned a stopcock on one of the air tanks brought for Bordman's necessity.
Sand Doom
6
The pipes are provided with a stopcock and their mouths are closed by a cap.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882
7
On the upper part of this tank is a platinum tube provided with a stopcock.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
8
Cortez went to the door and turned the stopcock that let air into the airlock.
The Forever War
9
We fitted a new stopcock in place of the rusted one and switched the water off.
Non-Stop
10
Allow me to turn the stopcock of the cylinder, and we'll not be long in descending.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
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We can see the plastic water main with its blue stopcock and a kind of junction box.
The Irish Times
12
I have been searching for the stopcock outside my house in Dublin 6 but cannot find it.
The Irish Times
13
The surface of the stopcock should then be smeared with a thin coating of vaseline and replaced.
An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis / With ...
14
The standard solution must be put in a burette with a glass stopcock, as it attacks india-rubber.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Min...
15
Two overalled figures were working silently at the bottom of the pit, doing something with a stopcock.
Non-Stop
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The latter tube has a very small hole at the bottom, and is provided with a stopcock.
The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
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Translations for stopcock
portugués
torneira
catalán
clau de pas
Stopcock a través del tiempo