Look up: Wiper

1. Wiper
   [occupation] A wiper is the most junior crewmember in the engine room of a ship. The role of a wiper consists of cleaning the engine spaces and machinery, and assisting the engineers as directed. In the United States Merchant Marine, in order to be occupied as a wiper a person has to have a ...
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2. wiper
   [n] - a worker who wipes 2. [n] - contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
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3. Wiper
   piece used to secure or hold firmly and quickly another device Category: Mechanical engineering • in automatic switching,the moving part of a selector or other similar device which engages with the contacts of a bank Category: News-systems and communications
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4. Wiper
   Wip'er noun 1. One who, or that which, wipes. 2. Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag. 3. (Machinery) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of ra...
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5. wiper
   noun a worker who wipes
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6. wiper
   contact arm noun contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
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7. Wiper
   • (n.) One who, or that which, wipes. • (n.) A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel. • (n.) Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag. • (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle ...
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8. wiper
   the moving contact of a selector which engages with the contacts of the selector bank
   Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/