wye
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A Y-shaped junction that joins three pipes or tracks
- noun
- /waɪ/
- Specialized
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conexión en Y
- The city engineer designed a wye junction for the new sewer system to allow water flow from different streets.
Examples
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R Street was just as replete with industrial corridors and by-products, and right now there are crews cleaning up a toxic site at 19th and Q (formerly a Western Pacific wye and a few industrial sites), the future site of a city park that I still hope will be named Bobby Burns Park.
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The plumber installed a wye fitting to connect the three pipes smoothly.
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To ensure proper drainage, the contractor used a wye to connect the two downspouts to the main drain.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wye comes from the letter Y because the pipe fitting looks like a 'Y' where three pipes meet, like a fork in the road. So a wye is a 'Y'-shaped junction used to join three routes or pipes.
