flushometer

[ fluhsh-om-i-ter ]

noun

1. a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.

Example Sentences

Flushometer valves use pressure instead of gravity to direct water into the bowl.

From Salon

“You work with the guys in the technical shops who say, ‘Don’t use that flushometer; it doesn’t work.’

From New York Times

The urinals in the men’s room look like some on the website of the manufacturer Toto, with the $1,071 flushometer valve.

From New York Times

Water closets and urinals must not be connected directly or flushed from the water-supply pipes except when flushometer valves are used.

From Project Gutenberg

Each water closet must be flushed from a separate cistern, the water from which is used for no other purpose, or may be flushed through flushometer valves.

From Project Gutenberg