CUBIC FEET PER SECOND

  

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CUBIC FEET PER SECOND

Specialty Definition: CUBIC FEET PER SECOND

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Hydrologic

A rate of the flow, in streams and rivers, for example. It is equal to a volume of water one foot high and one foot wide flowing a distance of one foot in one second. One "cfs" is equal to 7.48 gallons of water flowing each second. As an example, if your car's gas tank is 2 feet by 1 foot by 1 foot (2 cubic feet), then gas flowing at a rate of 1 cubic foot/second would fill the tank in two seconds. (cfs). (references)
 A unit expressing rates of discharge. One cubic foot per second is equal to the discharge through a rectangular cross section, 1 foot wide by 1 foot deep, flowing at an average velocity of 1 foot per second. It is also approximately 7.48 gallons per second. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CUBIC FEET PER SECOND

Specialty definitions using "CUBIC FEET PER SECOND": CFSGordon's ruleInfiltration Ratemillion gallons per dayPeak Dischargesuspended-sediment discharge. (references)

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Anagrams: CUBIC FEET PER SECOND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-c-c-d-e-e-e-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-u"

-5 letters: superinfected.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CUBIC FEET PER SECOND


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 55 42 49 43      46 45 45 54      50 45 52      53 45 43 4F 4E 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01010101 01000010 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000110 01000101 01000101 01010100 00100000 01010000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010011 01000101 01000011 01001111 01001110 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#85 &#66 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#70 &#69 &#69 &#84 &#32 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#83 &#69 &#67 &#79 &#78 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0055 0042 0049 0043      0046 0045 0045 0054      0050 0045 0052      0053 0045 0043 004F 004E 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

375536433724039395425039522533937494838

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