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Definition of Tailwater
1. n. Water in a tailrace.
Definition of Tailwater
1. Noun. The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailwater
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailwater
Literary usage of Tailwater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technical Reports by Miami Conservancy District (Ohio), Miami Conservancy District (Ohio (1920)
"EFFECT OF tailwater LEVEL ON CONDUIT OUTFLOW Since the floors of the outlets of
the basins of the Miami Conservancy District are-located at or below mean ..."
2. Technical Reports by Miami Conservancy District (Ohio) (1917)
"The theoretical analysis of the reasons for this independence of conduit outflow
and tailwater depth is fully given in Part III of the Technical Reports, ..."
3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1922)
"With such a limiting value, if a runner should be placed, say, 17 ft. above tailwater,
there would remain only 10 ft. as the limit of the velocity head ..."
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