mouthpiece

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Mouthpieces for brass instruments.

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Noun

mouthpiece (plural mouthpieces)

1. A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially of a telephone or musical instrument
2. A spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else
3. (slang) A lawyer for the defense

Translations

part of any device that functions in or near the mouth

• Finnish: suukappale (fi)
• French: embouchure (fr) f (musical instrument)
• Hungarian: szájrész, fúvóka (hu) (for a musical instrument)
• Italian: imboccatura (it) f (musical instrument)

• Norwegian: munnstykke n, telefonrør n (telephone)
• Polish: ustnik (pl) m
• Russian: мундштук (ru) m (mundštúk), трубка (ru) f (trúbka) (telephone)

spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喉舌 (zh) (hóushé)

• Finnish: puhemies (fi), edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi)
• Hungarian: szószóló (hu)
• Italian: portavoce (it)

• Norwegian: talerør n (colloquially, sometimes pejorative), talsmann m, talsperson m
• Polish: rzecznik m, rzeczniczka f
• Russian: оратор (ru) m (orátor), глашатай (ru) m (glašátaj), рупор (ru) m (rúpor), выразитель (ru) m (vyrazítelʹ) (интересов)

lawyer for the defense

Ajet of water from a 25 mm diameter nozzle is directed vertically upwards. Assuming that the jet remains circular and neglecting any loss of energy, that will be the diameter at a point 4.5 m above the nozzle, if the velocity with which the jet leaves the nozzle is 12 m/s.