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penstock

noun

ˈpen-ˌstäk

Definition of penstock

as in pipe

a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) a penstock carried water for the waterwheel

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Recent Examples of penstock As Lake Powell’s storage has dropped below a quarter of its capacity and its surface waters have crept within about 40 feet of the penstocks that feed water to the hydroelectric plant and the river below, the river has warmed up. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The project included replacing sections of the penstock, installing new vent piping and constructing a new concrete thrust block. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026 That plate sealed the opening of the penstock (water delivery tube) and holds back water from the reservoir. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for penstock

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Noun

NuCube previously partnered with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to examine how heat pipes endure stress at temperatures surpassing 900°C (1,652°F).

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
The bit caught a pipe strap and wrenched him off a ladder, tearing off his thumb and mangling his hand.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

That included the East-West Pipeline, the main conduit Saudi Arabia has used to circumvent Iranian and American closures of the Strait of Hormuz.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Lady Kitty Spencer served as the conduit who accepted the award on behalf of the fashion house.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of conduit

Noun

Think about squeezing just the very end of a full tube of toothpaste, Jimenez said.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Briscoe, for instance, has found that in neural-tube patterning there are two ways of reaching the same place in the landscape — a finding that reconciled previously contradictory observations.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tube

Noun

If a message appears to come from the boss but something feels off, Cranor said, workers should verify it through another channel before responding.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Izumi, a viewer of his channel based in Japan, tells him the jeans would fetch a fortune in Tokyo’s denim market.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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