different between plumbing vs reckoning

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pl?m??/
• Rhymes: -?m??

Noun

plumbing (countable and uncountable, plural plumbings)

1. The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.
2. The trade or occupation of a plumber.
3. (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

   My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.

4. (informal, figuratively) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work.

   This is not scientific research as such: it's just plumbing.

5. (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.

Synonyms

• (genitourinary system): waterworks (informal)

Related terms

• plumb
• plumber

Translations

See also

• waterworks

English

Etymology

Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon +? -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?n??/

Verb

reckoning

1. Present participle and gerund of reckon.

Noun

reckoning (plural reckonings)

1. The action of calculating or estimating something.

   • When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
2. An opinion or judgement.
3. A summing up or appraisal.
4. The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
5. The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
6. (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
7. (archaic) Rank or status.

Synonyms

• (action of calculating or estimating something): calculation, computation; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Translations

Derived terms

• dead reckoning