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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Inspects underground and exposed gas pipelines and enclosed areas to detect and locate leaks, using testing instruments: Walks or rides along pipelines and observes terrain for evidence of leaks, such as decayed vegetation, gas odor, and water bubbles. Drives bar into ground at intervals near pipe, using sledgehammer, preparatory to testing subsurface for traces of gas. Inserts combustible-gas indicator-probe into hole and reads indicator to determine location of leak. Inspects exposed pipes in buildings, manholes, vaults, and valve boxes for leaks, using combustible indicator. Notifies maintenance department of location and condition of facilities inspected and tested. May make temporary repairs, using repair dope or gastight clamps. May drive vehicle equipped with detection devices to aid in locating leaks. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
leak locator | 12 |
leak locator rental | 2 |
leak locator water | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-k-l-l-o-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: allocator, corollate. | |
-3 letters: allocate, caretook, collaret, collator. | |
-4 letters: acerola, collate, corolla, earlock, lacteal, lateral, locater, locator, oarlock, oatcake, ocellar, reallot, tackler, talooka. | |
-5 letters: acetal, aortae, aortal, areola, calker, caller, callet, carate, cartel, catalo, cellar, claret, coaler, coater, collar, collet, colter, cooker, cooler, cooter, karate, lacker, lector, locale, locate, locker, locket, looker, looter, loreal, ocelot. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 41 4B      4C 4F 43 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01000001 01001011 00100000 01001100 01001111 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E A K   L O C A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0041 004B      004C 004F 0043 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46393545246493735544952 |
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