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Meaning of "headrace" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEADRACE

ˈhɛdˌreɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEADRACE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Headrace is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEADRACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a large wooden or metal wheel, with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving surface. Most commonly, the wheel is mounted vertically on a horizontal axle, but the tub or Norse wheel is mounted horizontally on a vertical shaft. Vertical wheels can transmit power either through the axle or via a ring gear and typically drive belts or gears; horizontal wheels usually directly drive their load. Water wheels were still in commercial use well into the 20th century, but they are no longer in common use. Prior uses of water wheels include milling flour in gristmills and grinding wood into pulp for papermaking, but other uses include hammering wrought iron, machining, ore crushing and pounding fiber for use in the manufacture of cloth. Some water wheels are fed by water from a mill pond, which is formed when a flowing stream is dammed. A channel for the water flowing to or from a water wheel is called a mill race or simply a "race", and is customarily divided into sections.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEADRACE

barrace · cholinesterase · diaphorase · embrace · esterase · footrace · fumarase · grace · landrace · millrace · milreis · pectinesterase · race · res · saccharase · subrace · superrace · tailrace · trace · transferase

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEADRACE

headmistressy · headmost · headnote · headphones · headpiece · headpin · headquarter · headquartered · headquarters · headquarters staff · headrail · headreach · headrest · headrig · headring · headroom · headrope · heads · heads up · headsail

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEADRACE

claiming race · disgrace · drag race · egg-and-spoon race · Horace · horse race · human race · mixed race · mixed-race · not in the race · obstacle race · one-horse race · retrace · road race · saving grace · space race · terrace · the human race · with good grace · year of grace

Synonyms and antonyms of headrace in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «headrace» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEADRACE

Find out the translation of headrace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of headrace from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «headrace» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

引水
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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aducción
570 millions of speakers
en

English

headrace
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

हेडराइस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

headrace
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

подводящий
278 millions of speakers
pt

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headrace
270 millions of speakers
bn

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headrace
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

amenée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Headrace
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Triebwassers
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

導水路
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

물을 끌어 오는 도랑
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Headrace
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dẫn nước
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

headrace
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डोकेदुखी
75 millions of speakers
tr

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headrace
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

adduzione
65 millions of speakers
pl

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headrace
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

підвідний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

aductiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

headrace
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waterloop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tilloppskanal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilløps
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADRACE»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEADRACE»

Discover the use of headrace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to headrace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hydropower in the New Millennium: Proceedings of the 4th ...
In the lower part of the headrace tunnel, at Chain- age 66 - 90 and 1 1 1 - 144, sections of concrete linings were applied to reduce potential leakage through some pronounced joint systems. 10 INSTRUMENTATION FOR MONITORING ...
B. Honningsvag, G.H. Midttomme, K. Repp, 2001
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Field Measurements in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the 6th ...
The intake connects to the headrace tunnel via a circular unlined vertical headrace shaft (25m2), some 500m deep. The unlined headrace tunnel slopes at a gradient of 1:7. At the downstream end are the stonetrap and the transition section to ...
F. Myrvoll, 2003
3
Popular Mechanics
To operate the machine there must be an available fall in the river between an upper level, which may be called the headrace, and a lower level or tailrace. Halfway between is a closed tank which is the operating chamber of the apparatus, ...
4
The Sand Compaction Pile Method
Leakage (Q) Headrace tunnel locations (liters/second) 12 and6meten ' * alternating grout boles igle of 45 (a) Prcinjectiofl grouting pattern (b) Postinjection grouting pattern Figure 7. Used preinjection and postinjection grouting pattern. tunnel, ...
Masaki Kitazume, 2005
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Hydropower Developments: New Projects, Rehabilitation, and ...
The PPV may also be closed to provide access for pressure shaft inspection without dewatering the headrace tunnel. Closing a PPV will permit inspection of the penstock and repair of the turbine main inlet valves without loss of power from the ...
IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers), 2005
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Smart Grids: Clouds, Communications, Open Source, and Automation
Convergence Confinement Method is used to analyze rock support interaction and evaluate the effectiveness of applied support at 198 different tunnel sections of Kaligandaki 'A' headrace tunnel from the Nepal Himalaya. Numerical modelling ...
David Bakken, 2014
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Reservoirs in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 12th ...
From the intake structure, a 12.5 km long headrace channel leads the water to the power station at Ardnacrusha. The headrace channel traverses nine natural valleys, eight of which are drained underneath the headrace. The headrace is ...
British Dam Society. Conference, P. Tedd, 2002
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Analysis and Modelling of Non-Steady Flow in Pipe and ...
The dam accumulates backwater and increases the hydropower potential, the reservoir balances variable inflow, the supply system (intake structure, headrace tunnel, penstock) transports water to turbines, which use the water power for ...
Vinko Jovic, 2013
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North American Tunneling: 2014 Proceedings:
TBM. Performance. and. Tool. Wear. Prediction. Along. Two. Lots. of. Dyaaba. Headrace. Tunnel. (Uma-Oya. Project,. Sri. Lanka). J. Hassanpour University of Tehran S. Tarigh Azali Ferdowsi University J. Rostami The Pennsylvania State ...
Davidson, Gregg, Howard, Alan, Jacobs, Lonnie, 2014
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2011 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference Proceedings
Flaking and crazing of zeolitic basalts occurred due to the effects of humidity shortly after excavation at the Lesotho Highlands Project in the 1990s which resulted in the placement of concrete lining over the entire 45 km transfer ( headrace) ...
Steve Redmond, Victor Romero, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEADRACE»

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Crucial vote on controversial new Northern Distributor Road
The ESB insisted that no road should cross the Headrace canal as its embankments, which date back to the 1920s, may not be able to support ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»
2
New dam is imperative
... (iii) headrace tunnel (single/twin) by D and B 97.57 percent complete; (iv) main dam excavation (spillway, stilling basin and debris channel) ... «Business Recorder, Jul 15»
3
Albion Bridge closed for repairs
... and consists of one pair of riveted, wrought iron, Pratt pony trusses that are approximately 60 feet long, spanning the Albion Mill headrace. «Valley Breeze, Jul 15»
4
India developer seeks construction of 2000-MW Subansiri Lower …
NHPC seeks online electronic bids for construction of the balance of civil works of the Subansiri Lower powerhouse complex from the headrace ... «HydroWorld, Jun 15»
5
Broken Homes and Dry Springs
... (headrace tunnel), TRT (tailrace tunnel) and some other structures should be studied.” But such reports often underestimate those impacts. «International Rivers, Jun 15»
6
Central Plains Water re-designs scheme on mixed uptake
The second stage could be built progressively now that its river intake and Hororata headrace had been built. "We can just extend the canal ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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Central Plains Water moves to Stage II planning
It will also mean that we may be able to build the last part of the headrace more efficiently. “Much will depend on farmer uptake of shares as to ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jun 15»
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Central Plains Water pushes on to Stage 2 with IAF funding after …
... leave about 10,000ha of infill as part of Stage 3. It will also mean that we may be able to build the last part of the headrace more efficiently. «Interest.co.nz, Jun 15»
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spawning race like nothing in New Zealand
... that keeps fish on the outside and permits water to filter into the headrace. Regular draining of the outside channel returns fish into the river. «Timaru Herald, May 15»
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Nepal's 456-MW Upper Tamakoshi hydroelectric project suffers …
The major components of this project are the intake, a 22 m high concrete dam, twin de-sanding basins, a 7.86 km long headrace tunnel, a 360 ... «HydroWorld, May 15»
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