Waterwall

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A panel on the side of a furnace consisting of multiple tubes that carry water.

    "The use of such tempering air has diminished greatly with the shift from refractory to waterwall incinerator construction."

  2. 2
    An architectural feature consisting of a wall down which water flows.

    "For greater heights, an interrupted sheet, spouts, a waterwall, or a cascade will provide a display of equal or greater visibility while affording considerable energy savings, less splash, greater wind stability, and a sound quality more appropriate to confined or interior spaces."

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"The use of such tempering air has diminished greatly with the shift from refractory to waterwall incinerator construction."

Etymology

From water + wall.

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