head measurement

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• increase in head measurement —    greater conceit    When the head becomes figuratively swollen:     ... after Alamein, a change in [General Montgomery s] character was detected by those near to him an increase in the head measurement. (Home, 1994) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• head — (hd)    1. an informal unit of length, equal to the approximate length of a horse s head, used in expressing the results of a horse race.    2. a notation seen in measurements of water pressure; see foot of head.    3. a unit of quantity for… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• head linesman — n. Football an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost * * * …   Universalium

• head linesman — n. Football an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost …   English World dictionary

• head — /hɛd / (say hed) noun 1. the upper part of the human body, joined to the trunk by the neck. 2. the corresponding part of an animal s body. 3. the head considered as the seat of thought, memory, understanding, etc.: to have a head for mathematics …  

• head over heels — Over O ver ([=o] v[ e]r), prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [ u]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [ o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. ype r, Skr. upari. [root]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper }, {Orlop}, {Super }, {Sovereign},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Head —   A unit of pressure for a fluid, commonly used in water pumping and hydropower to express height a pump must lift water, or the distance water falls. Total head accounts for friction head losses, etc.   ***   The product of the water s weight… …   Energy terms

• foot of head — (ft hd)    a traditional unit of water pressure used in plumbing and hydraulics. Head is short for headwaters ; it refers to the depth of the water upstream from the point at which the pressure is measured. One foot of head is equivalent to a… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• head of water — That quantity of water which will flow each second through an opening one foot square. Watkins Land Co. v Clements, 98 Tex 578, 86 SW 733. More precisely, the quantity of water which will flow in a given time, through an opening of a specified… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Hydraulic head — is a specific measurement of water pressure or total energy per unit weight above a geodetic datum. It is usually measured as a water surface elevation, expressed in units of length, but represents the energy at the entrance (or bottom) of a… …   Wikipedia

• Pressure head — is a term used in fluid mechanics to represent the internal energy of a fluid due to the pressure exerted on its container. It may also be called static pressure head or simply static head (but not static head pressure). It is mathematically… …   Wikipedia