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waterflow

waterflow noun: the flow of water, especially as part of a hydraulic system.

Noun

waterflow (plural waterflows)

  1. the flow of water, especially as part of a hydraulic system.
    • The equipment and method described here will allow waterflow in natural stream systems to be measured quickly and easily, once standpipes are in place.1988, Richard D. Orchard, New method for measuring water seepage through salmon spawning gravel, page 2
    • When frozen, the ice blocked the waterflow and the up part thawed and down part unthawed, it is easily to form ice blockage, ice dam to cause the water level higher and form ice flood.2006, Luis Berga, J.M. Buil, E. Bofill, Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, →ISBN

Forms of waterflow

pluralwaterflows
alternative formwater flow

Origin of waterflow

From water + flow.

Questions about waterflow

What does waterflow mean?
Waterflow means the flow of water, especially as part of a hydraulic system.
What part of speech is waterflow?
Waterflow is a noun.
What is the plural of waterflow?
The plural of waterflow is waterflows.

Words near waterflow in the dictionary

  1. waterfleas
  2. waterflood
  3. waterflooded
  4. waterflooding
  5. waterfloods
  6. waterflow
  7. waterflows
  8. waterfoot
  9. waterfoots
  10. Waterford
  11. Waterford blaa

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