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Definition of Tailrace
1. Noun. A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
Definition of Tailrace
1. n. See Race,
Definition of Tailrace
1. Noun. (archaic) The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel. ¹
2. Noun. The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailrace
1. a part of a millrace [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tailrace
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1. See Race.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailrace
Literary usage of Tailrace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1848)
"Immediately below the Faifley tailrace, and opposite the strip of ground called
the Holm, there had stood upon the pursuer's land from time immemorial a ..."
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