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The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.

sists the motion of the piston, as the pressure of exhaust steam which does not find free outlet. -- Fluid pressure, pressure like that exerted by a fluid. It is a thrust which is normal and equally intense in all directions around a point. Rankine. -- Pressure gauge, a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manomete…

A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

its of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. We steered directly through a large outlet which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad. De Foe.

A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

railer of a plant. trailer park. An area equipped to accommodate trailers (2), often with outlets supplying electrical power and water. Called also trailer camp, trailer court.

A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

A little trout; a troutlet.

Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.

ing, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.

s. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) An escape pipe. See under Escape. (b) (Plumbing) The outlet pipe at the bottom of a bowl, tub, sink, or the like. -- Waste steam. (a) Steam which escapes the air. (b) Exhaust steam. -- Waste trap, a trap for a waste pipe, as of a sink.