spring discharge
1Spring (hydrosphere) — On an average day nearly 303 million US gallons (1,150,000 m3) of water issue from Big Spring in Missouri at a rate of 469 cubic feet per second (13.3 m3/s). A spring also known as a rising or resurgence is a component of the hydrosphere.… …
2spring — springlike, adj. /spring/, v., sprang or, often, sprung; sprung; springing; n., adj. v.i. 1. to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or… …
3Spring-gun — A spring gun is a gun, often a shotgun, rigged to fire when a string or other triggering device is tripped by contact of sufficient force to spring the trigger so that anyone stumbling over or treading on them would discharge it and wound… …
4spring, boiling — 1. An uncommon type of vauclusian spring, where the flow is large enough in a constricted site to form turbulence on the surface of the resurgence pool [9]. 2. (Jamaican.) A. variable discharge artesian spring in which hydrostatic pressure… …
5spring, intermittent — 1. A karst spring with a pulsating flow, caused by the presence within the rock of cavities and siphons fed by a subterranean watercourse. When the cavity is full, the siphon is complete and causes a pulse of water to issue from the spring.… …
6spring — Synonyms and related words: Eastertide, Highland fling, Lastex, Maytime, accrue from, adaptability, adolescence, aestival, air mattress, airiness, ambition, anabasis, and jump, appear, arctic, arise, arrive, ascension, ascent, aspiration, autumn …
7Şpring River — Geobox River name = Şpring River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = image caption = country type = Countries state type = region type = district type = Counties city type = Villages country = Romania country1 = state = state1 …
8spring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. leap, bound, dart, start; bounce, recoil, rebound; arise, rise; result or derive from; release; detonate; reveal, disclose; bend, twist; slang, release, bail. See liberation. n. leap, bound;… …
9spring — 1. Point where underground water emerges on to the surface, not exclusive to limestone, but generally larger in cavernous rocks. The image of a trickle of water springing from a hillside hardly matches that of a vast cave pouring forth a river …
10spring, seepage — A spring where surface discharge occurs from numerous small openings [16]. Synonym: filtration spring …
