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head losses

head losses is the plural of head loss.

Meaning of head loss

Noun

head loss (countable and uncountable, plural head losses)

  1. The pressure lost in a hydraulic system as fluid moves through a pipeline.
    • Determination of minor head loss is simple and straightforward, and a standared nomograph in common use is included at the end of the chapter.1995, Barbara Hauser, Practical Hydraulics Handbook, Second Edition, →ISBN, page 71
  2. (idiomatic, informal) A loss of self-control leading to poor conduct.
    • Fulham will have time to assess their head loss and learn from it over the international break.2023 March 20, Mitchell Wilks, “Aleksandar Mitrovic charged with ‘violent and improper conduct’ by FA over Man Utd incident as Marco Silva and Fulham also penalised”, in Goal.com

Questions about head losses

What is head losses the plural of?
Head losses is the plural of head loss.

Words near head losses in the dictionary

  1. head line
  2. head lines
  3. head linesman
  4. head linesmen
  5. head loss
  6. head losses
  7. head louse
  8. head man
  9. head men
  10. head money
  11. head movement

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