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• receptacle — [ri sep′tə kəl] n. [ME < L receptaculum < receptare, freq. of recipere: see RECEIVE] 1. anything used to contain or hold something else; container; vessel 2. an electrical wall outlet designed for use with a plug 3. [ModL receptaculum] Bot …   English World dictionary

• Receptacle tester — A receptacle tester. A receptacle tester or outlet tester is a device used to verify that an AC wall outlet is wired properly. The tester itself is small device which looks like the plug in end of a power cord, with several lights on it rather… …   Wikipedia

• plug — I n. electrical fitting 1) to insert, put a plug into a socket 2) a plug fits into a socket device carrying an electric current 3) a spark (AE), sparking (BE) plug word of praise (colloq.) 4) to put in a plug for misc. (colloq.) (esp. AE) 5) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• plug — pluggable, adj. pluggingly, adv. plugless, adj. pluglike, adj. /plug/, n., v., plugged, plugging. n. 1. a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge. 2. a core or interior segment taken …   Universalium

• plug — I. noun Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch plugge; akin to Middle High German pfloc plug Date: 1606 1. a. a piece used to fill a hole ; stopper b. an obtruding or obstructing mass of material resembling a stopper 2. a flat compressed cake of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• plug socket — kištukinis lizdas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. female connector; lead receptacle; pin cap type socket; pin jack; plug socket; pluggable socket; receptacle vok. steckbarer Sockel, m; Steckbuchse, f; Steckelement, n;… …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

• receptacle — kištukinis lizdas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. female connector; lead receptacle; pin cap type socket; pin jack; plug socket; pluggable socket; receptacle vok. steckbarer Sockel, m; Steckbuchse, f; Steckelement, n;… …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

• receptacle — /ri sep teuh keuhl/, n. 1. a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something: a receptacle for trash. 2. Bot. the modified or expanded portion of the stem or axis that bears the organs of a single flower or the florets of a flower head …   Universalium

• plug in — {v. phr.} To connect (an electrical appliance) to a power wire by putting its plug into a receptacle or hole. * /The integrated circuit has multiplied the number of small radios that need not be plugged in./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• plug into — {v.} To connect (an electrical appliance) to a power wire by inserting its plug into a receptacle or hole. * /He thought he had left the lamp plugged into the wall, and so was puzzled when it wouldn t light that night./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• plug in — {v. phr.} To connect (an electrical appliance) to a power wire by putting its plug into a receptacle or hole. * /The integrated circuit has multiplied the number of small radios that need not be plugged in./ …   Dictionary of American idioms