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pore water pressures

pore water pressures is the plural of pore water pressure.

Meaning of pore water pressure

Noun

pore water pressure (countable and uncountable, plural pore water pressures)

  1. (soil mechanics) The pressure of groundwater held within a soil or rock in gaps between particles (pores).
    • Mair goes on to argue that soil pore water pressure is key to the problem: "Pore water pressure regimes have been modified by changing weather patterns and will continue to change. Rates and magnitudes of pore water pressure changes depend on the availability and ability of water to flow into the...2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 33

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What is pore water pressures the plural of?
Pore water pressures is the plural of pore water pressure.

Words near pore water pressures in the dictionary

  1. pore space
  2. pore spaces
  3. pore strip
  4. pore strips
  5. pore water pressure
  6. pore water pressures
  7. poreblind
  8. Porebski
  9. Porebskis
  10. pored
  11. pored over

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