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Definition: Sluice Valve |
Sluice ValveNoun1. Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sluice ValveSynonyms: floodgate (n), head gate (n), penstock (n), sluicegate (n), water gate (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gate and sluice valve | 4 |
sluice valve | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sluice valve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | vanne (sluicegate). (various references) | ||||
Greek | υδροφράχτησ (dam, lock, sluice). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | zsilip (flood gate, penstock, sluice, sluice gate). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uiceslay alvevay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-l-s-u-v-v" | |
-2 letters: vesiculae. | |
-3 letters: allusive, valvules, vesicula. | |
-4 letters: cleaves, cullies, elusive, eluvial, euclase, evasive, valvule, vesicae, vesical, vesicle, vivaces. | |
-5 letters: aculei, allees, allies, avulse, callus, calves, caules, caulis, cavies, cavils, cellae, clause, claves, clavus, cleave, clevis, cullis, eluvia, leaves, levels, levies, lilacs, scilla, silvae, sleave, sluice, sulcal, valise, values, valves, vesica, villae, villas, villus, visual, vivace. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 75 69 63 65      56 61 6C 76 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01110101 01101001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01010110 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l u i c e   V a l v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0075 0069 0063 0065      0056 0061 006C 0076 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53788775697125667788871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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