penstock | अमरकोश - भारत का शब्दकोश

Meaning of word penstock from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.

Synonyms : floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate

Meaning : Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate.

Synonyms : sluice, sluiceway

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Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea. Near Mecca.

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The act of mimicking. Imitative behavior.

ockham (noun)
English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).

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A woman steward on an airplane.

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Resembling milk in color. Not clear.

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An artist of consummate skill.

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An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded.

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An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something.

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Someone who bakes commercially.

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(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus).