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tailwater

tailwater noun: the water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.

Noun

tailwater (countable and uncountable, plural tailwaters)

  1. The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
    • Like the more renowned Missouri and Henry’s Fork of Montana and Idaho, it is a tailwater fishery; that is, it owes its remarkable fecundity and its population of big wild trout to the cold-water outflow of reservoir impoundment.2008 May 27, Peter Kaminsky, “Rules for Reservoirs Pose Threat to Trout Population”, in New York Times

tailwater meaning in Tamil

tailwater in Tamil

கடைநீர்

Forms of tailwater

pluraltailwaters

Origin of tailwater

From tail + water.

Questions about tailwater

What does tailwater mean?
Tailwater means the water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
What is tailwater in Tamil?
Tailwater in Tamil is கடைநீர். See Tailwater meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tailwater?
Tailwater is a noun.
What is the plural of tailwater?
The plural of tailwater is tailwaters.

Words near tailwater in the dictionary

  1. tailwalked
  2. tailwalking
  3. tailwalks
  4. tailward
  5. tailwards
  6. tailwater
  7. tailwaters
  8. tailwheel
  9. tailwheels
  10. tailwhip
  11. tailwhips

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