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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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Term No.Term Name/Term DescriptionAction
364
Speed, or Velocity
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417
Angular velocity
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418
Velocity
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548
Velocity
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985
Pendular stage, Funicular stage, Capillary stage
Term suggested by Versluys who distinguished three stages in the zone of aeration: the pendular stage, the funicular stage and the capillary stage. In the first, the water particles surround the points of contact of the solid particles, forming separate rings. In the second, these water rings fit together and, in the third, they will fill the capil.....
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988
Capillary groundwater, or Fringe water
Water in the capillary fringe.
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1097
Field capacity, Normal field capacity, Normal moisture capacity, Maximum field carrying capacity, Field capillary (moisture) capacity, Effective water-holding capacity, Specific retention
1 - The amount of water held in the soil after the excess gravitational water has drained away and after the rate of downward movement of water has materially decreased. Essentially the same as `specific retention`, a more general term used in studies of groundwater, except that specific retention is generally given as a percentage by volume wherea.....
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1099
Effective velocity (of groundwater), Actual velocity (of groundwater), True velocity (of groundwater), or Field velocity (of groundwater)
The velocity measured by the volume of groundwater passing per unit time through unit cross sectional area divided by the effective porosity of the water transmitting material......
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1100
Apparent velocity (of groundwater)
The apparent distance moved in unit time by groundwater. It is determined by V = Q/F where F is the cross sectional area perpendicular to the streamlines and Q the volume of water passing through this cross section in unit time......
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1101
Average velocity (of groundwater)
The volume of groundwater passing through a unit cross-sectional area in unit time divided by the porosity of the water transmitting material......
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1102
Critical velocity (of groundwater )
For porous media the maximum velocity under which laminar flow can occur.
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1171
Cloud-velocity gauging, Allen`s method of velocity gauging, Colour-velocity gauging
A method of determining the velocity of a slug of dye between two stations in the channel. This velocity, assumed to be the mean velocity of flow, multiplied by the cross-sectional area of the channel, gives the discharge. `Allen`s method` and `colour-velocity method` are different forms of cloud-velocity gauging......
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1174
Discharge site, Gauging site, or Velocity-area gauging station
A location on a stream where gauge, velocity and cross-sectional areas are measured, or other gauging methods are deployed, in order to determine the discharge......
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1212
Mean velocity, Average velocity, Overall mean velocity
The velocity at a given section or reach of a stream obtained by dividing the discharge of the stream by the cross-sectional area at that section. .....
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1213
Mean velocity position
The point lying between the water surface and the bed of a channel at which the velocity is equal to the mean velocity on a vertical......
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1216
Velocity rod correction
The correction to be applied to the velocity given by a velocity rod in order to convert it into mean velocity.
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1217
Mean velocity curve
A curve showing the relation between mean velocity and stage at a given section of an open channel.
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1218
Vertical velocity curve
A curve showing the relation between the depth and velocity along a vertical line at a given section of an open channel or conduit......
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1226
Rod float, or Velocity rod
A rod, which on being turned through a float run, gives the mean velocity of water between water surface and the bottom of the rod. The rod may be of fixed length or of an adjustable telescopic type, weighted at the base so that it floats in a vertical position......
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1232
Integration method of velocity measurement
A means of determining the mean velocity at a vertical depth of a stream by noting the total number of revolutions of a current meter vane and the time consumed, while the meter is slowly lowered from the surface to the bed and returned one or more times......
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1233
Velocity-head rod, Velocity-head stick, Run-up
A device for measuring velocity through culverts, or over weirs, dams, etc., by placing the rod vertically in the flow and observing the `run-up` (the difference in water levels obtained at upstream and downstream of the rod); the rod is, generally, calibrated to read velocity, or discharge......
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1368
Standard fall velocity
The average rate of fall that a particle would finally attain if falling alone in quiescent distilled water.
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1715
Capillary pore space
Total space not occupied by solid soil particles and which holds water by capillarity.
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1716
Capillary porosity
The ratio of the capillary pore space to the total volume of the soil or rock.
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1717
Non-capillary pore space
Total space occupied by large pores in soil that do not hold water by capillarity.
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