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monitor nozzle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables
mon-i-tor noz-zle
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nozzle firmly mounted to a vehicle or structure and capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane while having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc.

Etymology

From the resemblance of the rotable nozzle installation and its degrees of freedom of movement to that of the gun turret on a monitor (the type of warship).

Inflected Forms

monitor nozzles (plural)

Synonyms

monitor

Questions

What does monitor nozzle mean?
A nozzle firmly mounted to a vehicle or structure and capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane while having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc.
Where does monitor nozzle come from?
From the resemblance of the rotable nozzle installation and its degrees of freedom of movement to that of the gun turret on a monitor (the type of warship).

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