The price depends on a variety of factors. 1  A complete sprinkler system for new construction generally costs $1 to $2 per square foot including all equipment and installation. 2  Retrofitting an existing building is more expensive-usually about $2 to $7 per square foot. A complete sprinkler system for new construction generally costs $1 to $2 per square foot including all equipment and installation. 2  Retrofitting an existing building is more expensive-usually about $2 to $7 per square foot.
Word Origin & History. auscultate to listen (especially with a stethoscope), 1833 (in auscultator), from L. auscultatus, pp. of auscultare to listen to, from aus-, from auris ear (see ear (1)); the rest is doubtful [OED]. Auscultation act of listening is from 1630s; medical sense is from 1833.
Abbr. sin. 1. The ordinate of the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative. 2.