SHARP-EDGED WEIR

  

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SHARP-EDGED WEIR

Specialty Definition: SHARP-EDGED WEIR

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A weir constructed with a crest of vertical thin plate shaped in such a manner that the nappe springs clear from the crest. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: SHARP-EDGED WEIR

Language Translations for "SHARP-EDGED WEIR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

skarpkantet stemmevaerk (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

overlaat met scherpe kruin (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

teräharjainen ylisyöksypato (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

French

  

déversoir en mince paroi (sharp-crested weir). (various references)

   

German

  

scharfkantiges Wehr (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir), Plattenwehr mit scharfkantiger Krone (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκχειλιστής μετ'αιχμηράς στέψεως (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stramazzo in parete sottile (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arp-edgedshay eirway

   

Portuguese

  

represa de soleira delgada (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir), descarregador de soleira delgada (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir), açude de soleira delgada (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vertedero en pared delgada (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skarpkantad överfallsdamm (sharp-crested weir, square-edged weir, thin plate weir, thin-plate weir). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SHARP-EDGED WEIR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-g-h-i-p-r-r-s-w"

-4 letters: readership, widespread.

-5 letters: degraders, degreased, degreaser, despaired, despairer, disagreed, disregard, draperies, graperies, hardedges, hardwired, hardwires, parridges, pedigreed, pedigrees, pigheaded, prewashed, rehearsed, rephrased, reweighed, serigraph, whispered, whisperer.

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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