one-pipeadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌnpʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈwənˈpaɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., pipe n.¹

Etymology: < one adj. + pipe n.¹

1. Designating a system of hot-water central heating in which radiators take water from and return it to the same pipe, which runs in a complete circuit from the boiler and back to it again.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > heated or warmed > heated in specific manner (of building or room) > specific system of central heating

one-pipe1888

two-pipe1897

microbore1967

minibore1968

1888 Manufacturer & Builder 20 115 This eccentric plug allows the radiator to be successfully used on the one-pipe system.

1897 F. Dye Hood's Pract. Treat. Warming Buildings (ed. 3) xix. 352 It is not usual for the one-pipe system to extend to three floors above the boiler without modification.

1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder vi. 258/1 In the one-pipe system the water from a radiator goes forward to feed the next radiator on the system.

1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) ix. 405/4 A one-pipe system has a single large-bore pipe running around the perimeter of the house, forming a loop.

2. Designating a system of plumbing in which waste from sinks, etc., is conveyed to the sewer by the same pipe as that from lavatories (i.e. the waste pipe and soil pipe are effectively combined).

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [adjective] > furnished with a single waste or soil pipe

one-pipe1910

1910 W. P. Gerhard Water Supply, Sewerage & Plumbing iii. 187 I am..convinced that the one-pipe system, as I have sometimes called it, is the coming system.

1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder vi. 241/1 Lately there has been a tendency to adopt the one-pipe system in which one down stack is used for both roof water and soil drainage.

1986 E. Hall in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) iii. vii. 414 With the ‘one-pipe’ system—as with the ‘single stack’ system that has superseded it—the distinction between soil and waste appliances is abolished.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	one-pipe
释义	one-pipeadj. Brit. /ˈwʌnpʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈwənˈpaɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., pipe n.¹ Etymology: < one adj. + pipe n.¹ 1. Designating a system of hot-water central heating in which radiators take water from and return it to the same pipe, which runs in a complete circuit from the boiler and back to it again. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > heated or warmed > heated in specific manner (of building or room) > specific system of central heating one-pipe1888 two-pipe1897 microbore1967 minibore1968 1888 Manufacturer & Builder 20 115 This eccentric plug allows the radiator to be successfully used on the one-pipe system. 1897 F. Dye Hood's Pract. Treat. Warming Buildings (ed. 3) xix. 352 It is not usual for the one-pipe system to extend to three floors above the boiler without modification. 1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder vi. 258/1 In the one-pipe system the water from a radiator goes forward to feed the next radiator on the system. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) ix. 405/4 A one-pipe system has a single large-bore pipe running around the perimeter of the house, forming a loop. 2. Designating a system of plumbing in which waste from sinks, etc., is conveyed to the sewer by the same pipe as that from lavatories (i.e. the waste pipe and soil pipe are effectively combined). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [adjective] > furnished with a single waste or soil pipe one-pipe1910 1910 W. P. Gerhard Water Supply, Sewerage & Plumbing iii. 187 I am..convinced that the one-pipe system, as I have sometimes called it, is the coming system. 1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder vi. 241/1 Lately there has been a tendency to adopt the one-pipe system in which one down stack is used for both roof water and soil drainage. 1986 E. Hall in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) iii. vii. 414 With the ‘one-pipe’ system—as with the ‘single stack’ system that has superseded it—the distinction between soil and waste appliances is abolished. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1888
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