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dike — dike1 [dīk] n. [ME < OE dic & ON diki, akin to DITCH, Du dijk, Ger deich < IE base * dhēigw , * dhīgw , to pierce, fasten > L figere, FIX] 1. [Now Brit. Dial.] a) a ditch or watercourse b) the bank of earth thrown up in digging a ditch … English World dictionary
Dike (construction) — A dike (or dyke), levee, levée, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall, usually earthen and often parallels the course of a river. [ Citation | title=Levees and Other Raised Ground | author=Henry Petroski |… … Wikipedia
dike — dike1 diker, n. /duyk/, n., v., diked, diking. n. 1. an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town. 2. a ditch. 3. a bank of earth… … Universalium
Low Countries, history of — Introduction history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579. For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… … Universalium
Dike Kokaral — Comparison of the North Aral Sea before (below) and after (above) the construction of Dike Kokaral. Dike Kokaral is a levee across a narrow stretch of the Aral Sea, splitting off the North Aral Sea (also called The Small Sea ) from the much… … Wikipedia
dike — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from Old Norse dīk ditch and Middle Low German dīk dam; akin to Old English dīc ditch more at ditch Date: 13th century 1. an artificial watercourse ; ditch 2. a. a bank usually of earth constructed to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
dike — An embankment employed to prevent the inundation of land; a structure of earth or other material usually placed upon the bank of a stream or near the shore of a lake, bay, etc., the ends of which extend across low land to higher ground, forming a … Ballentine's law dictionary
Clastic dike — Vertical clastic dike, filled with coarse basaltic sand, cuts lighter colored horizontal beds composed of finer grained material. Quarter for scale. A clastic dike is a seam of sedimentary material that fills a crack in and cuts across… … Wikipedia
Texas City Dike — The Texas City Dike was a manmade protective barrier, comparable to a levee or seawall projecting nearly 5 miles [http://wikimapia.org/22364/ Wikimapia] , aerial photo] to the southeast into the mouth of Galveston Bay, and flanked by the eastern… … Wikipedia
Senecaville Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Senecaville Lake image lake = Senecaville lake recreation.jpg caption lake = Recreation is one of the lake s many uses. image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Guernsey County, Ohio coords =… … Wikipedia
Flood control in the Netherlands — Without dikes, this part of the Netherlands would be flooded … Wikipedia
