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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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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