plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry |
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems |
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system | |