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English translation: S-pipe, trap
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peer agreement (net): +3| σίγμα S pipe Explanation: To prevent rotten smells from getting into your rooms, engineers and plumbers use the S pipe. At all times, there is some water in the bend to keep the unwanted gases away. Water can't drain away from the low part of the bend without flowing uphill! The S pipe is called a trap because the water it holds traps smelly gases and keeps them from coming out of the pipes. http://www.cutescience.com/files/art/coloring/001c.htm After all this was found in the "S"-pipe, no wonder the sink was not draining well. Adam Ant "The Essential..." bertc.com/subone/contest19.htm Albert Goldbarth - The Sign, and: Loose End - Prairie Schooner 79:1 the better to reach the S-pipe under the kitchen sink, [End Page 54] muse.jhu.edu/journals/prairie_schooner/v079/79.1goldbarth.html |
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