Meaning of water pillar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A waterspout (whirlwind).
2. Synonym of water crane.
3. A power-generation mechanism that makes use of the pressure differential created by changing water levels due to tide action, which is used to drive turbines or pumps.
4. A framework or initiative that focuses on water resources in sustainable development and climate action.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, pillar.; a pillar formed of water.

Examples

“A vivid account of such water-pillar instability is given in "The Young Castaways;" while a similar illustration of the transitory character of the desert sand-columns is supplied by the author of "The Tropical World."”

“The gigantic water-pillar was approaching the shore.”

“The whole water pillar then moves south into the Baltic.”

“I prefer attaching the coking crane to the "water pillar" (by which water is supplied to the locomotive or tender), by means of brackets or other iron work.”

“Water-pillar fountains have recently been installed in several Lancashire boroughs for supplying water to steam motor wagons and tractors.”

“You are probably familiar with the more common water pillar or water crane from which the tenders or tanks of engines are replenished at stations, etc.”

“Electricity is generated by the vibrating water pillar type water valve integration system using four air chambers, with an output of 130kW provided by the horizontal axle type induction generator […]”

“In order to increase the amplitude of water level or pressure alterations in 'oscillating water pillar' , a system of U-shaped pipes with different cross-sections is proposed.”

“This motion of the water pillar is achieved by e.g., taking a pipe and placing it partly submerged in the sea.”

“The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is acting as the key partner for the energy pillar, with the International Fund for Agricultural Development as the key partner for the food pillar and the African Development Bank as the key partner for the water pillar.”

“The water pillar is composed of parameters that are related to water management, conservation, and performance .”

“The reduced number of papers was surprising, as the water pillar of the Nexus is highly related to circular economy, and in turn to water reuse [10, 42, 43].”

“The 110-foot pile which had struct the hidden stream at a dept of 86 feet, when the geyser-like water pillar spurted up skywards nearly 100 feet has been raised to the surface.”

“the generation of a rotating water pillar within the irradiation chamber of the photoreactor by tangential water injection (VitaTec, Freigericht, Germany);”

“If this continued, the two of them wouldn't be able to hold on for long before they were smashed into meat patties by the water pillar.”

“Jozef Hell, senior mining engineer and son of the equally talented Matej Kornel Hell, would become preeminent in the successful implementation of this revolution with his "water pillar” or “water column” pump designs.”

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