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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORIFICE

Via French from Late Latin ōrificium, from Latin ōs mouth + facere to make.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORIFICE

orifice  [ˈɒrɪfɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORIFICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orifice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORIFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Orifice

An orifice is any opening, mouth, hole or vent, as of a pipe, plate, or a body. ▪ Body orifice, any opening in the body of an animal ▪ Orifice plate, a device used for measuring the volumetric flow rate ▪ Calibrated orifice, a restriction placed into a system of pipes to set the flow rate ▪ Back Orifice, a controversial computer program designed for remote system administration...

Definition of orifice in the English dictionary

The definition of orifice in the dictionary is an opening or mouth into a cavity; vent; aperture.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORIFICE


air-to-surface
ˈɛətəˌsɜːfɪs
aphis
ˈeɪfɪs
artifice
ˈɑːtɪfɪs
back-office
ˈbækˌɒfɪs
benefice
ˈbɛnɪfɪs
edifice
ˈɛdɪfɪs
interoffice
ˌɪntərˈɒfɪs
malefice
ˈmælɪfɪs
Memphis
ˈmɛmfɪs
office
ˈɒfɪs
preface
ˈprɛfɪs
raphis
ˈreɪfɪs
surface
ˈsɜːfɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORIFICE

orientate
orientated
orientation
orientation course
orientational
orientationally
orientator
orienteer
orienteering
orienter
orifice meter
orificial
oriflamme
orig.
origami
origan
origanum
Origen
origin
original

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORIFICE

back office
box office
burnt sacrifice
front office
head office
head post office
Home Office
in office
out of office
Oval Office
post office
public prosecutor´s office
registered office
sacrifice
self-sacrifice
suffice
supreme sacrifice
the office
the Oval Office
the supreme sacrifice

Synonyms and antonyms of orifice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ORIFICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «orifice» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of orifice

Translation of «orifice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORIFICE

Find out the translation of orifice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of orifice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orifice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orificio
570 millions of speakers

English

orifice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुहाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فوهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отверстие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orifício
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছিদ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orifice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orifis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Öffnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オリフィス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오리피스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orifice
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lô chai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छिद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orifizio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kryza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

отвір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orificiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στόμιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opening
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öppning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

åpning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orifice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORIFICE»

The term «orifice» is very widely used and occupies the 18.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORIFICE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orifice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORIFICE»

Discover the use of orifice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orifice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Orifice As Sacrificial Site: Culture, Organization, and ...
The work locates the attributes religions share, instead of the qualities that differentiate them. The argument of the book is that these preeminently private sites are in reality "publicly accomplished.
James Alfred Aho
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Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery: Textbook ...
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) has the potential to change the practice of surgery as we know it.
Anthony N. Kalloo, Jacques Marescaux, MD, (Hon) FRCS, FACS, (Hon) JSES, Ricardo Zorron, MD, PhD, 2012
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Flow Measurement Handbook: Industrial Designs, Operating ...
Practical, comprehensive advice on the design, operation, and performance of flowmeters.
Roger C. Baker, 2005
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Measurement of Gas and Liquids by Orifice Meter
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition.
Henry Palmer Westcott, 2013
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Viscosity of Liquids: Theory, Estimation, Experiment, and Data
Orifice viscometers are mainly adopted by the oil industry due to their simplicity and easy operation. They are also known as efflux type viscometers. Orifice viscometers essentially consist of a reservoir, an orifice and a receiver. The orifice ...
‎2007
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Gas Lift Manual
In many continuous flow gas lift wells, the operating valve is a simple choke ( square-edged orifice) installed in the gas lift valve mandrel and often called an orifice valve. These valves come in the same housing and main dimensions as gas lift ...
Gábor Takács, 2005
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Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook: A Manual of Quick, ...
Master meter proving orifice meters in dense phase ethylene ........491 Gas or vapor flow measurement—orifice plate ... Determine required orifice diameter for any required differential when the present orifice and differential are known in gas ...
E.W. McAllister, 2011
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Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
If the thickness of the orifice plate must be greater than permitted by these limitations, the downstream edge shall be cut away (beveled or recessed) at an angle of 45° or less to the face of the plate, leaving the thickness of the orifice edge ...
William C. Lyons, 1996
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Transitional Flow Between Orifice and Non-orifice Regimes at ...
Once the transition limits were defined, the estimation of the non-orifice-to-orifice transition coefficient, Co, was made.
Omar Alminagorta Cabezas, 2008
10
Oilfield Processing of Petroleum: Natural gas
AP = Qh = SG = T = T = pressure difference (psi) fluid flow rate (scfh) flow rate through vortex meter (ft3/s) orifice reading on linear chart (Eqs. 1 1-14, 11-15) orifice reading on HO chart (Eqs. 1 1-14, 11-15) gas specific gravity relative to air gas ...
Francis S. Manning, Richard E. Thompson (Ph.D.), 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORIFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orifice is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shit storm erupts in Treasure Island townhouse when sewer pipes …
“Raw sewage gushed out of every orifice of the house, top to bottom, upstairs and downstairs, all over the floor,” said Kathryn. Brown water ... «San Francisco Bay View, Jul 15»
2
Experience: I can't stop sweating
Unfortunately, the issue with ETS is that for most people it just displaces which orifice you sweat from. I knew there was a chance this would ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
16 simple ways to survive a music festival in one piece
... but if you've managed to smuggle in a bottle of vodka in some secret pocket or Godforsaken orifice, then get into the festival spirit and share it ... «Gigwise, Jul 15»
4
Filmmaker, Jazz Flutist, Oil Painter: Jack Kevorkian Lived His …
How stupendous the yearning to dodge its gaping orifice. How inexorable the engulfment. Yet, below are the disintegrating hulks of those who ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
5
10 points on Tube etiquette every London Underground passenger …
... but in this small, compact space where we can't help but overhear the squelch of saliva being passed from one orifice to another, it is not OK. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
6
We're through the looking glass with football TV money . . . who gave …
It could all go the way of that banking system thingummyjig that we are still paying for though the nose and every other available orifice. What is ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
7
Titan Medical Files Preliminary Short Form Base Shelf Prospectus
The Company's Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology, SPORT(TM) Surgical System, currently under development, is comprised of a ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
8
Review highlights emerging endoscopic interventions for …
Surgical approaches to cholecystectomy include laparoscopic cholecystectomy and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, or NOTES. «Healio, Jul 15»
9
Social Change: SUPREME COURT as the default option
... comatose, dependent on others, tubated from every orifice in his body and a few others surgically created, in unbearable pain, kept alive only ... «Hill Post, Jul 15»
10
Patients Have Many Options When Faced With Gallbladder Disease
A newer technique is called natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. This method requires no incision, but depends on special ... «HealthDay, Jul 15»

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