flowing sheet — noun : a sheet on a sailing ship when eased off (as when the wind is aft or abeam) … Useful english dictionary
Flowing — Flow ing, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. [1913 Webster] {Flowing battery} (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flowing battery — Flowing Flow ing, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. [1913 Webster] {Flowing battery} (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flowing furnace — Flowing Flow ing, a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. [1913 Webster] {Flowing battery} (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheet erosion — Geol. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams. Also called sheet flood erosion /sheet flud /. [1915 20] * * * Detachment of soil particles by raindrop impact and their removal downslope by water flowing overland as a sheet… … Universalium
Sheet resistance — is a measure of resistance of thin films that are namely uniform in thickness. It is commonly used to characterize materials made by semiconductor doping, metal deposition, resistive paste printing, and glass coating. Examples of these processes… … Wikipedia
sheet — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used esp. in pairs as inner bedclothes. 2 a a broad usu. thin flat piece of material (e.g. paper or metal). b (attrib.) made in sheets (sheet iron). 3 a wide continuous surface… … Useful english dictionary
Ice sheet dynamics — describe the motion within large bodies of ice, such those currently on Greenland and Antarctica. Ice motion is dominated by the movement of glaciers, whose gravity driven activity is controlled by two main variable factors: the temperature and… … Wikipedia
Ice sheet — An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² (20,000 mile²). [cite web|url=http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/ geol445/hyperglac/glossary.htm|accessdate=2006 08 22|title=Glossary of Important… … Wikipedia
West Antarctic Ice Sheet — The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the segment of the continental ice sheet that covers West (or Lesser) Antarctica, the portion of Antarctica west of the Transantarctic Mountains. The WAIS is classified as a marine based ice sheet, meaning… … Wikipedia
