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PRONUNCIATION OF PONDAGE

pondage  [ˈpɒndɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PONDAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pondage 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 PONDAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pondage

Pondage usually refers to the comparably small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant. Such a power plant has considerably less storage than the reservoirs of large dams and conventional hydroelectric stations which can store water for long periods such as a dry season or year. With pondage, water is usually stored during periods of low electricity demand and days when the power plant is inactive, enabling its use as a peaking power plant in dry seasons and a base load power plant during wet seasons. Ample pondage allows a power plant meet hourly load fluctuations for a period of a week or more.

Definition of pondage in the English dictionary

The definition of pondage in the dictionary is the water held in a reservoir.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PONDAGE


adage
ˈædɪdʒ
appendage
əˈpɛndɪdʒ
bandage
ˈbændɪdʒ
blindage
ˈblaɪndɪdʒ
bondage
ˈbɒndɪdʒ
brigandage
ˈbrɪɡəndɪdʒ
cordage
ˈkɔːdɪdʒ
frondage
ˈfrɒndɪdʒ
garlandage
ˈɡɑːləndɪdʒ
groundage
ˈɡraʊndɪdʒ
guidage
ˈɡaɪdɪdʒ
husbandage
ˈhʌzbəndɪdʒ
impoundage
ɪmˈpaʊndɪdʒ
poundage
ˈpaʊndɪdʒ
Sandage
ˈsændɪdʒ
unbandage
ʌnˈbændɪdʒ
vagabondage
ˈvæɡəˌbɒndɪdʒ
vendage
ˈvendɪdʒ
windage
ˈwɪndɪdʒ
yardage
ˈjɑːdɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PONDAGE

pond
pond hockey
pond life
pond lily
pond scum
pond snail
pond-skater
ponder
ponderability
ponderable
ponderably
ponderal
ponderance
ponderancy
ponderate
ponderation
ponderer
ponderingly
ponderment
ponderosa

WORDS THAT END LIKE PONDAGE

Ace Bandage
bavardage
cloudage
crepe bandage
faldage
fardage
guardage
headage
hidage
living bandage
marivaudage
roller bandage
scaffoldage
sondage
Tensor bandage

Synonyms and antonyms of pondage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pondage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PONDAGE

Find out the translation of pondage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pondage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pondage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蓄水量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pondage
570 millions of speakers

English

pondage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pondage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pondage
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pondage
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pondage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলাশয়ের জলধারণের ক্ষমতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pondage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pondasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pondage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貯水量
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저수량
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pondage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự chứa nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pondage
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तलाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pondage
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pondage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pondage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pondage
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pondage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pondage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pondage
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pondage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pondage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pondage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PONDAGE»

The term «pondage» is normally little used and occupies the 141.458 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PONDAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pondage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pondage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pondage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PONDAGE»

Discover the use of pondage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pondage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hydrology: Principles, Analysis and Design
10.3 PONDAGE While storage refers to large reservoirs to take care of monthly or seasonal fluctuations in the river flow, pondage usually refers to the small storage at the back of a weir, in run-of-river plants, for temporarily storing water during ...
H. M. Raghunath, 2006
2
Generation and Utilization of Electrical Energy
(iii) Classification according to regulation of water flow Depending upon the water flow regulation, hydroelectric plants can be classified as: (a) Runoff river plants without pondage. (b) Runoff river plants with pondage. (c) Reservoir plants.
S. Sivanagaraju, 2010
3
Elements Of Electrical Power Station Design
The firm capacity of such plant is low if the supply of water is not uniform throughout the year. Run-off river plants with pondage The usefulness of this type of plant is increased by pondage. Tailrace conditions should be such that floods do not ...
‎2010
4
Water Power Engineering, 1E
(2) Pondage Capacity The low head and other plants that need to have a balancing reservoir to cater for short-term fluctuations are generally provided with such a micro-storage in a pond near the power house. In case of run-of-river plants, ...
M. M. Dandekar, 2009
5
Inter-Basin Water Transfer: Case Studies from Australia, ...
Snowy-Tumut Development Direction of water flow Dam or pondage Surface power station Underground power station TO RIVER MURRAY BlBloweringing Power Station er Station 60 MW 60 MW Blowering Power Station 80 MW Tumt 3 ...
Fereidoun Ghassemi, Ian White, 2007
6
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(i) Run-off river power plants without pondage (ii) Run-off river power plants with pondage (iii) Reservoir power plants (i) (ii) (iii) Run-off river power plants without pondage: Some hydroelectric power plants are located in a place where water is  ...
PARTHA KUMAR GANGULY, 2013
7
Generation, Distribution and Utilization of Electrical Energy
Classification Based on Construction Run-off-river plant "without pondage. A run- off-river plant is one in which a dam is constructed across a river and the low head thereby created is used to generate power. It is typically a low head plant and ...
C. L. Wadhwa, 1989
8
Elements of Water Resources Engineering
24 have a pondage factor of — = 3. If this plant were to operate as a peak load o plant also for six days in a week, then the pondage factor would be 7 7x3 = 3.5. Pondage factor is a rough index of the pondage needed during 6 the off-peak ...
K. N. Duggal, J. P. Soni, 1996
9
Fishing and Camping Goulburn River
NURSERY CORNER This southernmost corner of the Lower Pondage is often ( lotted with lurecasters . If the opportunity arises then Bourke Street can also provide good resu Its. The b est results from this area usually come from winged lures.
Anthony West, Bill Classon, Trevor Hawkins, 2011
10
Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage IV: Management, ...
Using the following equation, the ratio for each gate was calculated (3) As there might be more than one possible ratio in a pondage, all are calculated and the maximum value among all ratios is selected as the sequential ratio. 3.6.3 R2 value ...
Henning Bjornlund, C. A. Brebbia, S. Wheeler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PONDAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pondage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Biteline: Tuna and a whale sighting in Victoria's southwest
... is slow at Eildon where Gary Constantine reports rainbow trout averaging about 375g are being caught on Powerbait in Eildon Pondage. «Weekly Times Now, Jul 15»
2
Gladstone industry growth puts water project back on table
"The Eden Bann pondage will consume another 70k on natural river system, and Rookwood (stage 2) would rise to 49 metres - drowning 150k ... «Gladstone Observer, Jul 15»
3
AP to take up survey of Krishna along Amaravati
"We have proposed to create water pondage from Prakasam barrage up to the outer boundary of Amaravati. Since new buildings are being ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
4
Hydro electric power: Need of the hour
2) Conventional hydro plants with pondage/storage provide peaking power and pumped storage schemes provide load during off peak hours ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
5
Ingram to help deliver Victoria's rec fishing vision
... stocking 15,000 barramundi into Hazelwood Pondage, and fulfilling infrastructure commitments under the Better Fishing Facilities Fund. «Fishing World, May 15»
6
Blocked river in Nepal raises fear of flood in UP
... resulted in the formation of an about four-km-long and 200-metre-thick artificial dam with a pondage of about 1.7 million cubic litres of water. «Zee News, May 15»
7
Damaged dam disrupts Exploits salmon; public warned to stay away
Its sole purpose is to create pondage upstream and keep winter ice away from the generator and turbine intakes. The dam, which measures ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
8
Sukhnandan reviews status of Jammu Artificial Lake project
The Minister asked the concerned departments to complete their respective works to facilitate the completion of the Barrage and Pondage of ... «Kashmir Images, May 15»
9
Auditor warns of risk of catastrophic failure of water catchment
... and for the effectiveness of sediment control structures to be assessed to find damaged and poorly functioning structures and pondage. «The Canberra Times, May 15»
10
Water Wars: China, India and the Great Dam Rush
Turbines operate intermittently in these projects, “which means that the waters are held back in pondage and released when the turbines need ... «The Diplomat, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pondage [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pondage>. Apr 2024 ».
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