Definitions for male plug
male plug

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plug, male plugnoun

   an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

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1. male plug

   In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The female connector is generally a receptacle that receives and holds the male connector. Sometimes the terms plug and socket or jack are used, particularly in reference to electrical connectors. In some cases, the pins on the connector may have the opposite nominal gender to the mounted connector, such as the RCA connector. The assignment is a direct analogy with male/female genitalia, the part bearing one or more protrusions or which fits inside the other being designated male, in contrast to the part containing the corresponding indentations, or fitting outside the other, being designated female. Extension of the analogy results in the verb to mate being used to describe the process of connecting two corresponding parts together. In some cases (notably electrical power connectors), the gender of connectors is selected according to rigid rules, to enforce a sense of one-way directionality (e.g. a flow of power from one device to another). This gender distinction is implemented to enhance safety or ensure proper functionality by preventing unsafe or non-functional configurations from being set up. In terms of mathematical graph theory, an electrical power distribution network made up of plugs and sockets is a directed tree, with the directionality arrows corresponding to the female-to-male transfer of electrical power through each mated connection. This is an example where male and female connectors have been deliberately designed and assigned to physically enforce a safe network topology. In other contexts, such as plumbing, one-way flow is not enforced through connector gender assignment. Flows through piping networks can be bidirectional, as in underground water distribution networks which have designed-in redundancy. In plumbing situations where one-way flow is desired, it is implemented through other means (e.g. air gaps or one-way check valves), and not through male-female gender schemes.

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1. male plug

   A male plug is a type of connector commonly used in electrical, mechanical, or computer systems, characterized by protruding components, prongs, or pins that insert into a corresponding female connector or socket. This configuration allows for an efficient transfer of power, signal or data between devices. The term "male" refers to the plug's protrusive elements which are analogous to male sexual characteristic in the context of coupling.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of male plug in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of male plug in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=male plug
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_Plug
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