Geyser vs X - What's the difference?
geyser | x |
(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
(British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
* 1902 . William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber :
* 1998 , Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures
* 2002 , Alaine Polcz, One woman in the war: Hungary, 1944-1945 :
(South Africa) A domestic water boiler.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun geyser
is (planetology|geology|volcanology) a boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc, driven up by the expansive power of steam.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.geyser
English
Noun
(en noun)- Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.
- Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser " heater.
- It was here I saw a geyser gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).