sprinkler system

Other forms: sprinkler systems

Definitions of sprinkler system
  1. noun
    a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature
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    system
    instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
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