Definitions for orifice
ˈɔr ə fɪs, ˈɒr-ori·fice

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. orifice, opening, portanoun

   an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

   "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. orificenoun

   A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,

2. Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin orificium, compound of os + facere

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Orificenoun

   Any opening or perforation.

   Etymology: orifice, Fr. orificium, Lat.

   The prince of Orange, in his first hurt by the Spanish boy, could find no means to stanch the blood, but was fain to have the orifice of the wound stopped by men’s thumbs, succeeding one another for the space of two days. Francis Bacon.

   Their mouths
   With hideous orifice gap’d on us wide,
   Portending hollow truce. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vi.

   Ætna was bored through the top with a monstruous orifice. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 103.

   Blood-letting, Hippocrates saith, should be done with broad lancets or swords, in order to make a large orifice by stabbing or pertusion. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Orifice

   An orifice is any opening, mouth, hole or vent, as in a pipe, a plate, or a body Body orifice, any opening in the body of a human or animal Orifice plate, a restriction used to measure flow or to control pressure or flow, sometimes given specialised names: Calibrated orifice, used to control pressure or flow Restrictive flow orifice, used to control flow Miss Shilling's orifice, used to control flow in the engines of early Spitfire and Hurricane fighter aeroplanes Back Orifice, a controversial computer program designed for remote system administration

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Orifice

   or′i-fis, n. something made like a mouth or opening. [Fr.,—L. orificium—os, oris, mouth, facĕre, to make.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ORIFICE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Orifice is ranked #130610 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Orifice surname appeared 130 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Orifice.
   
   92.3% or 120 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. • Passage

How to pronounce orifice?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of orifice in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of orifice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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