Pipes - Multiple Meaning and Usage

One of the simplest of term or word - pipe, through which we often come across, is rarely being talked about. But a little introspection and analysis leads us to know about the varied meaning of this very word. Its function differs, according to the application in which it is put into.

This world comprises of so many materialistic objects around us. If we turn our head in either way, numerous objects can be seen and noticed. These tangible elements, in fact, play a very major role in our daily life. Among these, pipes constitute or occupy a pivotal position as well.

Pipes are usually very simple or humble in its appearance. One mere look is sufficient to identify it from other objects with ease. Often, the role of pipes gets lost somewhere. In fact, the very object looks too trivial as a topic to be discussed upon. Analytically speaking, pipes exist in various shapes, sizes and forms. Their application varies as well, depending upon the nature of work, it’s supposed to perform. At the same time, their role varies from place to place. The meaning and exact usage of pipes varies greatly. Commonly, it’s thought that pipes mainly exist to provide a passage to carry water and other fluids.  But, these have other applications as well.

Let’s have brief overview at the different meaning and application of pipes. As, it has been discussed, apart from carrying fluids, pipes may also refer to ‘smoking pipes’. Pipes are also described as a unit of cask measurement. Again, pipes exist in the form of metal casting. PIPES, as an abbreviation is a short from for a bio-chemical term, which is frequently used as a buffering agent in biochemistry. In business, PIPE is explained as Private Investment in Public Equity. It is commonly mentioned as PIPE deal which involves selling of publicly traded common shares. Again, ‘Boatswain’s Pipe’, is a kind of official announcement made on a ship’s internal broadcast system. Talking about musical instruments, pipe is a very old and traditional perforated wind instrument. Bagpipe, Uillean Pipes, Pipes and Drums, Organ Pipe, have their name associated with musical instruments.

Again, pipeline is a set of data processing elements, connected in a series which are mainly used in computing. In grammar and literary usage, pipes are used as proper noun. Throughout the world, one can find a number of persons, bearing Pipe as their surname. It has got different meanings and its application varies a great deal from place to place. This is indeed interesting, how a common word or term like pipe has multi-dimensional meaning and yet it’s hardly ever discussed, too elaborately, either as a subject or as a topic.

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