water gauge
31millimeter of water gauge — (mm WG) another common name for the millimeter of water column. The word gauge (or gage ) after a pressure reading indicates that the pressure stated is actually the difference between the absolute, or total, pressure and the air pressure at… …
32water glass — 1. a) a drinking glass or goblet b) a glass container for water, etc. 2. WATER GAUGE (sense 2) 3. a glass bottomed tube or box for looking at things under water 4. sodium silicate or, sometimes, potassium silicate, occurring as a stony powder,… …
33Water glass — Wa ter glass 1. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}. [1913 Webster] 2. A clepsydra. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea… …
34Water gage — Wa ter gage See {Water gauge}. [1913 Webster] …
35water gage — noun gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir • Syn: ↑water gauge, ↑water glass • Hypernyms: ↑gauge, ↑gage • Hyponyms: ↑water level * * * …
36water glass — noun 1. a glass for drinking water • Hypernyms: ↑glass, ↑drinking glass 2. gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir • Syn: ↑water gauge, ↑water gage • Hypernyms: ↑ …
37water level — noun 1. the level of the surface of a body of water (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑elevation • Hyponyms: ↑sea level 2. underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water spring rains had raised the water table …
38gauge glass — noun : the glass tube of a water gauge by which the water level in a boiler or tank is observed * * * gauge glass noun A tube to show height of water • • • Main Entry: ↑gauge …
39water — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O 2 a liquid consisting chiefly of this and found in seas, lakes, and rivers, in rain, and in secretions of organisms. 3 an… …
40water level — n. water gauge to display level by showing the surface of water in a trough or in a U shaped tube; height of the water, determination of the quantity of water in a given body of water; water line …
