Definition of Organ pipe

1. Noun. The flues and stops on a pipe organ.

Exact synonyms: Pipe, Pipework
Specialized synonyms: Flue, Flue Pipe, Labial Pipe, Organ Stop, Reed Pipe
Group relationships: Organ, Pipe Organ
Generic synonyms: Wind, Wind Instrument

Definition of Organ pipe

1. Noun. A tuned metal or wooden tube connected mechanically or electrically to an organ console. ¹

2. Noun. An organ pipe cactus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Organ Pipe

organ donor
organ donors
organ grinder
organ grinders
organ loft
organ of Rosenmuller
organ of Rosenmüller
organ of corti
organ of hearing
organ of smell
organ of state
organ of taste
organ of touch
organ of vision
organ of zuckerkandl
organ pipe
organ pipe cacti
organ pipe cactus
organ pipe cactuses
organ pipes
organ preservation solutions
organ procurement
organ specificity
organ stop
organ stops
organ tablature
organ transplant
organ transplantation
organ transplants
organa

Literary usage of Organ pipe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1900)
"320] I described some observations which proved that the note of an open organ- pipe, when blown in the normal manner, was higher in pitch than the natural ..."

2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... must go down, As chief supporters of the triple crown; And Aristotle 's for destruction ripe; Some say, he call'd the soul an organ-pipe, Which, ..."

3. Laboratory Physics: A Students Manual for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Dayton Clarence Miller (1903)
"Using an open organ pipe provided with manometric capsules, show, when the pipe ... organ pipe with Water Trough A stopped pipe is sometimes used in which a ..."

4. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"diagram, where G is the organ pipe, H the reed, Ja platinum tip attached to it, Oa cushion of air which serves to impart the necessary elasticity to the ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"Have we not gotten up to the European standard ? seemed to be celebrating the occasion by blowing through an organ-pipe. To-day the same spectacle has been ..."

6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"In an organ pipe 500 feet long the period would be one per second; in an organ pipe ten ... The period of vibration of an organ pipe, open at both ends, ..."

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