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2. Closet flange - Wikipedia

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   In plumbing, a closet flange (also known as a toilet flange) is a pipe fitting (specifically, a type of flange) that both mounts a toilet to the floor and connects the closet bend to a drain pipe. The name comes from the term "water closet", the traditional name for a toilet. Closet flanges are typically made of brass, cast iron, ABS, PVC, and ...

3. Sealing wax - Wikipedia

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   Wax is used to verify that something such as a document is unopened, to verify the sender's identity (for example with a seal stamp or signet ring), and as decoration. Sealing wax can also be used to take impressions of other seals. Wax was used to seal letters close and later, from about the 16th century, envelopes.

4. Hermetic seal - Wikipedia

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   Optical transparency of the narrow sealing ring pressured by glass joint (right). Glass taper joints can be sealed hermetically with PTFE sealing rings (high vacuum tight, air leakage rate 10 −6 mBar × L/sec and below), [ 6 ] o-rings (optionally encapsulated o-rings), or PTFE sleeves, [ 7 ] sometimes used instead of grease that can dissolve ...

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6. Waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   A wax coating makes this Manila hemp waterproof. Some garments, and tents, are designed to give greater or lesser protection against rain. For urban use raincoats and jackets are used; for outdoor activities in rough weather there is a range of hiking apparel. Typical descriptions are "showerproof", "water resistant", and "waterproof". [1]

7. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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   A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (i.e., urine and feces) by collecting it in a bowl and then using the force of water to channel it ("flush" it) through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility.