Hypertext Webster Gateway: "silencer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muffler \Muf"fler\, n. (Mach.)
Any of various devices to deaden the noise of escaping gases
or vapors, as a tube filled with obstructions, through which
the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine, as on an
automobile, are passed (called also {silencer}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silencer \Si"lenc*er\, n.
One that silences; specif.:
(a) The muffler of an internal-combustion engine.
(b) Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of
telegraph wires.
(c) A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting
its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the
muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of
the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus
retard, the exploding gases.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
silencer
n 1: short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun the deaden the
sound of firing
2: a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system
that is designed to reduce noise [syn: {muffler}]
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