gravitational water

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• gravitational water — noun : free water c * * * gravitational water, = free water. (Cf. ↑free water) …   Useful english dictionary

• gravitational water —    Water which moves into, through, or out of the soil or rock mass under the influence of gravity [22] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• gravitational water —   the water in the soil that is unavailable to plants and which flows out of the soil as throughflow to the river channel or percolates into the rock below …   Geography glossary

• gravitational water — /grævəˌteɪʃənəl ˈwɔtə/ (say gravuh.tayshuhnuhl wawtuh) noun water in the large pores of soil, which the force of gravity will remove from the soil when conditions of free drainage exist …  

• Gravitational convection — is a general term for buoyancy induced convection in a gravity field, especially that not due directly to heat. Examples Gravitational heat convection is the same as free convection or natural convection. However, differential buoyancy forces… …   Wikipedia

• Gravitational erosion — is caused by gravity in contrast to the physical movement of wind and water required for other types of soil erosion. Gravitational erosion involves both large scale mass wasting and smaller scale erosion. Forms of gravitational erosion include… …   Wikipedia

• Gravitational wave — In physics, a gravitational wave is a fluctuation in the curvature of spacetime which propagates as a wave, traveling outward from a moving object or system of objects. Gravitational radiation is the energy transported by these waves. Important… …   Wikipedia

• Gravitational constant — The gravitational constant G is a key quantity in Newton s law of universal gravitation. The gravitational constant, denoted G, is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction between objects with… …   Wikipedia

• Water clock — For the individual water clock at The Children s Museum of Indianapolis, see Water clock (Indianapolis). A display of two outflow water clocks from the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens. The top is an original from the late 5th century BC. The… …   Wikipedia

• Water rocket — A water rocket is a type of model rocket using water as its reaction mass. The pressure vessel mdash;the engine of the rocket mdash;is usually a used plastic soft drink bottle. The water is forced out by a pressurized gas, typically compressed… …   Wikipedia

• gravitational head —    The component of total hydraulic head related to the position of a given mass of water relative to an arbitrary datum [22] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology