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CONTROL BLOCKS

Specialty Definition: CONTROL BLOCKS

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Building & Civil Engineering

Obstructions set in the path of high velocity water, such as piers, on the apron of an overflow dam, weir or drop, to dissipate energy, prevent scour downstream and also to control the position of hydraulic jump. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Crosswords: CONTROL BLOCKS

Specialty definitions using "CONTROL BLOCKS": CONFIG.SYSfile control blockplaid screen, process table. (references)

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Modern Translation: CONTROL BLOCKS

Language Translations for "CONTROL BLOCKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

modstandselementer (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

blokken (swot). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

este (check, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, restraint), betonimonoliitti (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks), betonilohko (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

   

French

  

bloc de dissipation d'énergie. (various references)

   

German

  

Sohlbloecke (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks), Reibungskoerper (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks), Regelbloecke (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks), Pfeilerhindernisse (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks), Kloetze (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks), Bloecke (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ογκόλιθοι διασκορπισμού ενεργείας (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

   

Italian

  

blocchi di dissipazione (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ontrolcay ocksblay

   

Portuguese

  

blocos de dissipação de energia (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

energiomvandlarfundament (baffle piers, blocks, floor blocks, friction blocks). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CONTROL BLOCKS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-c-k-l-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-t"

-5 letters: bollocks, controls, corncobs, rockoons.

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

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