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weirplates

weirplates is the plural of weirplate.

Meaning of weirplate

Noun

weirplate (plural weirplates)

  1. A metal plate that forms an obstruction to adjust the flow of a weir.
    • Why a difference in temperature between the water and the weirplate should cause the water to spring clear at low heads cannot very well be explained.1927, Russell Julius Piltz, Triangular Weir Coefficients and Discharge Tables, page 98
  2. (broadly) An adjustable plate that controls the amount of liquid held in a chamber of a machine.
    • The weirplate at the bottom, inside the drum at F, serves the same purpose as in the machine you have seen — namely, to provide an inner wall of water of the desired thickness within the drum.1912 January 26, William J. Gee, “A New Process for the Separation and Grading of Solids Suspended in Liquids”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 60, page 282

Questions about weirplates

What is weirplates the plural of?
Weirplates is the plural of weirplate.

Words near weirplates in the dictionary

  1. Weirick
  2. Weiricks
  3. weirless
  4. weirlike
  5. weirplate
  6. weirplates
  7. weirs
  8. Weirs Beach
  9. Weirton
  10. Weisberg
  11. Weisbergs

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