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Definition of Drippers
1. dripper [n] - See also: dripper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drippers
Literary usage of Drippers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern and Traditional Irrigation Technologies in the Eastern Mediterranean by Ozay Mehmet, Hasan Ali Biçak (2002)
"In the rose experiment, in-line drippers had 30-cm spacing. The operating pressure
in the drip irrigation network was 0.75 bar, and flow rate of drippers ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1910)
"In drifts, the boxing-in of the air-way, so as to cut oft' all drippers, should
be but a trifling expense; even a brick arch, which may be of lighter ..."
3. Annual Report by Buffalo (N.Y.). Water Bureau (1875)
"2 Tin drippers. 9-inch lengths vit. sewer tile. ... 1 Set brass oilers and drippers.
2 Brass drip pans, old. 1 Corn broom. 2 Scrub brooms. ..."
4. Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery by Charles James Appleby (1895)
"... barring arrangements, steam and vacuum gauges, drippers, hand railing, chequered
iron floor plates, &c. are usually supplied with each set of machinery. ..."
5. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1910)
"... hence, the freezing-up must be due to "drippers" from the roof, or seepage
through the sides of the air-shaft, as the case may be. ..."
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