DOWNSTREAM SLOPE (OF A DAM)

Meaning of DOWNSTREAM SLOPE (OF A DAM) in English

The slope or face of the dam away from the reservoir water, which, for Embankment Dams, requires some form of protection such as grass to protect it from the erosive effects of rain and surface flows.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012

DOWNSTREAM — adverb or adjective Date: 1706 in the direction of or nearer to the mouth of a stream, in or toward …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLOPE — Numerical measure of a line's inclination relative to the horizontal. In analytic geometry , the slope of any line, ray, …
Английский словарь Британика
DAM — I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
Английский словарь Британика
SLOPE — I. ˈslōp adverb Etymology: Middle English archaic : in a sloping manner : aslant , obliquely II. adjective : slanting, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adverb (or adjective) Etymology: down (III) + stream, n. : down a stream : in the direction of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAM — I. ˈdam, ˈdaa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, lady, dam, variant of dame — more at dame : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
Английский словарь Webster
DAM — (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a …
Английский словарь Webster
DOWNSTREAM — ( adv. ) Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOPE — — slopingly , adv. — slopingness , n. /slohp/ , v. , sloped, sloping , n. v.i. 1. to have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — /down"streem"/ , adv. 1. with or in the direction of the current of a stream. adj. 2. of or pertaining …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAM — dam 1 /dam/ , n. , v. , dammed, damming . n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — adv. in the direction that a river flows
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SLOPE — I. ˈslōp adjective Etymology: Middle English sloop, probably from aslope, adverb, at an angle Date: 15th century : that slants …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAM — I. ˈdam noun Etymology: Middle English dam, dame lady, dam — more at dame Date: 13th century : the female …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWNSTREAM — adverb or adjective Date: 1706 1. : in the direction of or nearer to the mouth of a stream 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLOPE — adv in a sloping manner. 2. slope ·adj sloping. 3. slope ·vi to depart; to disappear suddenly. 4. slope ·vi …
Webster English vocab
DOWNSTREAM — adv down the stream; as, floating downstream.
Webster English vocab
DAM — noun a kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 2. dam ·noun a firebrick wall, or a stone, …
Webster English vocab
DOWNSTREAM — ■ adverb & adjective situated or moving in the direction in which a stream or river flows.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SLOPE — [slope] adj [ME slope, adv., obliquely] (1502): that slants: sloping--often used in combination "slope-sided" [2]slope vb sloped ; slop.ing vi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOWNSTREAM — [down.stream] adv or adj (1706) 1: in the direction of or nearer to the mouth of a stream 2: in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAM — barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to confine and check the flow of water for such uses as …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOWNSTREAM — downstream BrE AmE ˌdaʊn ˈstriːm ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLOPE — / sləʊp; NAmE sloʊp/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a surface or piece of land that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — / ˌdaʊnˈstriːm; NAmE / adverb , adjective ■ (also less frequent down·river ) adverb downstream (of / from sth) in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — / dæm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a barrier that is built across a river in order …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOPE — I. slope 1 W3 /sləʊp $ sloʊp/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a piece of ground or a surface …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWNSTREAM — down ‧ stream /ˌdaʊnˈstriːm◂/ BrE AmE adverb in the direction that the water in a river or stream is flowing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAM — I. dam 1 /dæm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ] 1 . a special …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOPE — n. & v. --n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWNSTREAM — adv. & adj. --adv. in the direction of the flow of a stream etc. --adj. moving downstream.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLOPE — n. & v. n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — adv. & adj. adv. in the direction of the flow of a stream etc. adj. moving downstream.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOPE — n. & v. --n. 1. an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Oxford English vocab
DOWNSTREAM — adv. & adj. --adv. in the direction of the flow of a stream etc. --adj. moving downstream.
Oxford English vocab
SLOPE — ( slopes, sloping, sloped) 1. A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley. Saint-Christo is perched on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — Something that is moving downstream is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — ( dams, damming, dammed) 1. A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWNSTREAM — Something that is moving ~ is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SLOPE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWNSTREAM — adverb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The body had drifted at least three miles downstream . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ A previous California resources secretary proposed building bigger dams on California's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWNSTREAM — downriver [adverb], [adjective] - in the direction a river or stream is flowingThe current carried her downstream for 100 metres …
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — [verb] [T] -mm-To dam a river is to build a dam across it in order to store the water.They're going …
Cambridge English vocab
SLOPE — n. Numerical measure of a line's inclination relative to the horizontal. In analytic geometry , the slope of any line, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM — n. Aswan High Dam Hoover Dam Boulder Dam Three Gorges Dam Project
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM — n. Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWNSTREAM — adv. Downstream is used with these verbs: ↑ drift , ↑ float , ↑ swim
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DAM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hydroelectric VERB + DAM ▪ build , construct ▪ breach ▪ The ~ has been breached …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLOPE — n. 25B6; noun the slope of the roof : GRADIENT, incline, angle, slant, inclination, pitch, decline, ascent, declivity, acclivity, rise, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DAM — A structure of earth, rock, or concrete designed to form a basin and hold water back to make a pond, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SLOPE — 1. сущ. 1) а) наклон, уклон б) скат, склон; откос, крутизна 2) спуск 3) горн. наклонная выработка 4) воен. положение …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWNSTREAM — 1. нареч. вниз по течению 2. сущ.; гидр. низовая сторона плотины, нижний бьеф (гидрология) нижний бьеф находящийся ниже по течению …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAM
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLOPE — slope.ogg _I 1. sləʋp n 1. уклон; покатость; наклон on the slope - косо, наклонно to give a slope to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOWNSTREAM — 1. ͵daʋnʹstri:m n гидр. нижний бьеф 2. ͵daʋnʹstri:m a 1. находящийся ниже по течению 2. гидр. нижний, низовой downstream water …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DAM — dam.ogg _I 1. dæm n 1. дамба, плотина, запруда; перемычка, мол earth dam - земляная плотина 2. запруженная /запружённая/ вода, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLOPE — 1) наклон; уклон; угол уклона || устраивать уклон; ставить с уклоном 2) матем. угловой коэффициент, тангенс угла наклона 3) откос …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DOWNSTREAM — 1) нижний бьеф 2) ниже по течению || находящийся ниже по течению • - channel downstream - submergence downstream
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DAM
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SLOPE — 1) наклон; уклон; угол уклона || устраивать уклон; ставить с уклоном 2) матем. угловой коэффициент, тангенс угла наклона 3) откос || устраивать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DOWNSTREAM — 1) нижний бьеф 2) ниже по течению || находящийся ниже по течению • - channel downstream - submergence downstream
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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