Look up receptacle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Receptacle may refer to: Receptacle (botany), a plant anatomical part Seminal receptacle, a sperm...

In botany, the receptacle refers to vegetative tissues near the end of reproductive stems that are situated below or encase the reproductive organs. In...

small receptable for an air freshener. Legislation surrounding waste receptacles was first introduced in France in an 1883 prefectural order signed by...

electrical equipment, and NEMA 5-15R is the standard 15-ampere electric receptacle (outlet) found in the United States, and under relevant national standards...

cigarette butt receptacles, butt bins, butt holders, snuffers, smokers poles, cigarette waste receptacles, smokers waste receptacles, and ash/trash combinations...

with different physical connectors for each. Each format has a plug and receptacle defined for each of the A and B ends. A USB cable, by definition, has...

A dumpster is a movable waste container designed to be brought and taken away by a special collection vehicle, or to a bin that a specially designed garbage...

connection, and no redundancy, so safety is reduced. Isolated ground receptacles are allowed in patient care areas, but only when installed outside the...

mates with the standard cigarette receptacle found in automobiles. 6-volt cigarette lighter receptacle and plug Receptacle inside diameter: 21.34–21.46 mm...

electrically-operated device, often via a cable. A socket (also known as a receptacle or outlet) is fixed in place, often on the internal walls of buildings...

An electrical outlet tester, receptacle tester, or socket tester is a small device containing a 3-prong power plug and three indicator lights, used for...

grounding-type receptacles in non-grounded wiring protected by a GFCI; this only applies when old non-grounded receptacles are replaced with grounded receptacles, and...

have two-fold rotational symmetry because a plug may be inserted into a receptacle in either of two orientations. Electrically, USB-C plugs are not symmetric...

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female seminal receptacles. Longer male sperm tail length has shown a greater reproductive success with a larger female seminal receptacle while sperm with...

an accessory fruit, with a fleshy receptacle Achenes: Strawberry, also an accessory fruit, with a fleshy receptacle Ranunculus Follicles: Magnolia Samaras:...

device has only a micro-B receptacle rather than a micro-AB receptacle. Although non-standard, micro-B to micro-A receptacle adapters are widely available...

or "a receptacle of any ordinary type". Figures 2 and 4 of this patent show an adaptor plugged into what appears to be a "Chapman" receptacle. Hubbell...

double-walled proboscis receptacle with the outer wall having spirally aligned muscle fibers, brain at posterior end of receptacle, and dorsal and ventral...

non-grounding receptacle (two slots).: 112  They are needed to allow appliances with 3-wire power cords to plug into legacy ungrounded (two slot) receptacles found...

between collisions (mean free path) is greater than the diameter of the receptacle that contains it. If the mean free path is much greater than the diameter...

Host cable receptacle is the host-side connector on SATA Express cables. This connector is not backward compatible. Device cable receptacle is the device-side...

are spring-loaded to control the force as the plug is screwed into the receptacle. A key prevents the fiber from rotating while the connectors are being...

USB connection is made using two connectors: a receptacle and a plug. Pictures show only receptacles: The Universal Serial Bus was developed to simplify...

fruit borne by figs (genus Ficus), formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface. In essence, it is really...

USB 3.0 Standard-B receptacle. However, it is not possible to plug a USB 3.0 Standard-B plug into a USB 2.0 Standard-B receptacle, due to the physically...

vertical arms of the receptacle (fruit body) that are not joined together at the base, and the spongy structure of the receptacle. According to a molecular...

applications. Connectors usually consist of (i) a mating pair (plug and receptacle) each equipped with male (pin) or female (socket) contacts; note that...

A spittoon (or spitoon) is a receptacle made for spitting into, especially by users of chewing and dipping tobacco. It is also known as a cuspidor (which...

terms of "plugs" and "receptacles"; receptacles are more commonly called "sockets" or "jacks" in the United States. Receptacles may be panel-mounted or...