UPSTREAM SLOPE (OF A DAM)

Meaning of UPSTREAM SLOPE (OF A DAM) in English

The part of the dam that is in contact with the reservoir water. On Earthen Dams the upstream slope must be protected from the erosive action of waves by rock Rip Rap, concrete, or some other material.

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UPSTREAM — adverb or adjective Date: 1681 in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream, in or to a position …
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
UPSTREAM — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adverb Etymology: up (IV) + stream, n. : in a direction nearer the source of a stream traveled …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLOPE — I. ˈslōp adverb Etymology: Middle English archaic : in a sloping manner : aslant , obliquely II. adjective : slanting, …
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
UPSTREAM — (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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
UPSTREAM — ( adv. ) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPSTREAM — /up"streem"/ , adv. 1. toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current. adj. 2. directed upstream; …
Random House Webster's 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
DAM — dam 1 /dam/ , n. , v. , dammed, damming . n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPSTREAM — adv. toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current; in a manner which is contrary to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPSTREAM — adj. in the higher part of a stream, closer to the source of the stream
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
UPSTREAM — adverb or adjective Date: 1681 1. : in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream 2. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPSTREAM — adv toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Webster English vocab
SLOPE — adv in a sloping manner. 2. slope ·adj sloping. 3. slope ·vi to depart; to disappear suddenly. 4. slope ·vi …
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
UPSTREAM — ■ adverb & adjective situated or moving in the direction opposite to that in which a stream or river flows.
Concise Oxford English vocab
UPSTREAM — [up.stream] adv or adj (1681) 1: in the direction opposite to the flow of a stream 2: toward a portion …
Merriam-Webster 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
DAM — barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to confine and check the flow of water for such uses as …
Britannica English vocabulary
UPSTREAM — upstream BrE AmE ˌʌp ˈstriːm ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPSTREAM — / ˌʌpˈstriːm; NAmE / (also less frequent up·river ) adverb upstream (of / from sth) along a river, in the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOPE — / sləʊp; NAmE sloʊp/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a surface or piece of land that …
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
UPSTREAM — up ‧ stream /ˌʌpˈstriːm◂/ BrE AmE adverb along a river, in the opposite direction from the way the water is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOPE — I. slope 1 W3 /sləʊp $ sloʊp/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a piece of ground or a surface …
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
UPSTREAM — adv. & adj. --adv. against the flow of a stream etc. --adj. moving upstream.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLOPE — n. & v. --n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPSTREAM — adv. & adj. adv. against the flow of a stream etc. adj. moving upstream.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOPE — n. & v. n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UPSTREAM — adv. & adj. --adv. against the flow of a stream etc. --adj. moving upstream.
Oxford English vocab
SLOPE — n. & v. --n. 1. an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Oxford English vocab
UPSTREAM — Something that is moving upstream is moving towards the source of a river, from a point further down the river. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
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
UPSTREAM — Something that is moving ~ is moving towards the source of a river, from a point further down the river. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPSTREAM — adverb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Across the railway, Force Gill comes into view and is followed upstream , departing from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLOPE
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
UPSTREAM — [adjective], [adverb] - (moving) on a river or stream towards its originSalmon swim upstream against very strong currents to reach …
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
UPSTREAM — adv. Upstream is used with these verbs: ↑ 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
UPSTREAM — < networking > Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub . For example, a small ISP that connects …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
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
UPSTREAM — в направлении, противоположном основному трафику вверх по течению upstream вверх по течению ~ против течения
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
DAM
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UPSTREAM — 1. ͵ʌpʹstri:m a 1> расположенный выше по течению upstream face - напорная сторона ( плотины ) 2> плывущий, движущийся против …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
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
UPSTREAM — 1) верхнее течение ( реки, канала ) 2) верхний бьеф 3) выше по течению • - channel upstream
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 …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DAM
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