porous ground

  • 1porous — [[t]pɔ͟ːrəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is porous has many small holes in it, which water and air can pass through. The local limestone is so porous that all the rainwater immediately sinks below ground. Syn: permeable …

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  • 2ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects. [1840 50] * * * ▪ insect       any member of over 30,000 insect species in one of the largest families in the insect order Coleoptera. They …

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  • 3Ground-coupled heat exchanger — Earth cooling tubes or earth warming tubes (also known as ground coupled heat exchangers) utilize the earth s near constant subterranean temperature to warm or cool air for residential, agricultural or industrial uses. They are often a viable and …

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  • 4ground-water flux —    The rate of ground water flow per unit area of porous or fractured media measured perpendicular to the direction of flow [22].    See also specific discharge …

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  • 5Patterned ground — is a term used to describe the distinct, and often symmetrical geometric shapes formed by ground material in periglacial regions. Typically found in remote regions of the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Australian outback, but also found anywhere… …

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  • 6Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground — (晒草灣遊樂場) is a multi purpose playground in Lam Tin, Hong Kong. It is most notable being the first permanent recreational facility in Hong Kong built from a landfill. [cite press release| accessdate=2007 03 08… …

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  • 7printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …

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  • 8Métro Châtelet, Direction Cassiopeia — (Métro Châtelet, Direction Cassiopée) Publisher Dargaud Date 1980 Series …

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  • 9пористая порода — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN porous formationporous groundporous rock …

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  • 10dry well — noun 1. : dry hole 2 2. : a hole excavated in porous ground and usually covered and filled with loose gravel or rubble or walled (as with stone, brick, or cinder blocks) to receive water (as drainage from a roof) and allow it to percolate away *… …

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