Definition of Distributaries

1. distributary [n] - See also: distributary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distributaries

distress signal
distressed
distressedly
distressedness
distresses
distressful
distressfull
distressfully
distressfulness
distressing
distressingly
distrest
distribuend
distribuends
distributable
distributaries (current term)
distributary
distribute
distributed
distributed computing
distributed data processing
distributed effort
distributed fire
distributee
distributees
distributer
distributers
distributes
distributest
distributeth

Literary usage of Distributaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII distributaries 247. Object and Types.—distributaries arc to a main canal system what service pipes are to the mains in city water service. ..."

2. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII distributaries 247. Object and Types.—distributaries are to a main canal system what service pipes are to the mains in city water service. ..."

3. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1916)
"Capacity of distributaries.—The distributaries are usually designed for operation by rotation, in which case the carrying capacity of each distributary will ..."

4. Manual of Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1896)
"distributaries. 234- Object and Types.—distributaries are to a main canal system what service pipes are to the mains in city water service. ..."

5. Irrigation Canals and Other Irrigation Works: Including the Flow of Water in by Patrick John Flynn (1892)
"An almost perfect arrangement of distributaries is exemplified in Figure 173, ... CE* This arrangement shows the distributaries following the water-shed ..."

6. Irrigation Works: The Principles on which Their Design and Working Should be by Edward Skelton Bellasis (1913)
"Remarks on distributaries.—Before a canal system can be properly designed, it is necessary to determine certain points in connection with the working of the ..."

7. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"Their main channels bifurcate, and each new stream so created throws off its own set of distributaries to right and left. The country which they thus ..."

8. Geological Report on Wayne County by William Hittell Sherzer (1913)
"distributaries. A. very interesting series of "distributary channels" has been described by Taylor in the forthcoming monograph previously noted. ..."

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