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Nipple : \Nip"ple\, n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See Neb,
Nib.]
1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from
the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.
2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an
oil bag, is discharged. [R.] --Derham.
3. Any small projection or article in which there is an
orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes;
as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a
percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and
through which the fire passes to the charge.
4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of
pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end,
for connecting two other fittings.
Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of
which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of
a lead pipe by soldering.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Nipple :
Trackpoint
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Nipple : Nipple: The pigmented projection on the surface of the breast. Ducts that conduct milk from the mammary glands to the surface of the breast exit through the nipple. The surrounding flat area
of pigmentation is the areola.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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