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AUXILIARY DAM

Specialty Definition: AUXILIARY DAM

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Building & Civil Engineering

A transverse structure built downstream of a main dam to protect it against scouring. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: AUXILIARY DAM

Language Translations for "AUXILIARY DAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

contre-seuil, contre-barrage. (various references)

   

German

  

Vorsperre (foredam, subsidiary dam), Gegensperre (foredam, subsidiary dam). (various references)

   

Italian

  

avanbriglia (foredam, subsidiary dam), controdiga (subsidiary dam), controbriglia (foredam, subsidiary dam). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

auxiliaryay amday

   

Portuguese

  

contra-barragem (subsidiary dam). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

contra-azud (subsidiary dam). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AUXILIARY DAM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-i-i-l-m-r-u-x-y"

-3 letters: auxiliary.

-4 letters: adularia, radialia.

-5 letters: adaxial, admiral, airmail, malaria, miliary.

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

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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