nozzle
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The water arrives at the valley floor under pressure and shoots out of a vertical nozzle like a "massive fountain", says Dr Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, the founder of Acres of Ice.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
At the pumps, the mood was tense as customers watched the fuel counter tick up, sometimes pulling out the nozzle before the satisfying “ca-chunk” that indicates a full tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
With crude oil topping $100 a barrel, and the average price of gas in the state approaching $5.50 a gallon, every touch of the nozzle is painful for California drivers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
HITS-Bio uses a digitally controlled nozzle array, an arrangement of multiple nozzles that moves in three dimensions and allows researchers to manipulate several spheroids at the same time.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
When rocket propellant burned, it first produced a river of gas that flowed into the convergent section of the nozzle.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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