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Civil engineering
The branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of such public works roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
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capillary attraction
Engineering; Civil engineering
The tendency of water to move into fine spaces, as between soil particles, regardless of gravity.
capillary force
Engineering; Civil engineering
The tendency of water to move into fine spaces, as between soil particles, regardless of gravity.
entrain
Engineering; Civil engineering
To trap bubbles in water either mechanically through turbulence or chemically through a reaction.
exchange capacity
Engineering; Civil engineering
The capacity to exchange ions as measured by the quantity of exchangeable ions in a soil or rock.
flow line
Engineering; Civil engineering
The path that a particle of water follows in its course of seepage under laminar flow conditions.
outlet works tower
Engineering; Civil engineering
A tower within a reservoir that contains the mechanisms to open the entrance to the outlet works.
playa
Engineering; Civil engineering
An intermittent shallow lake formed at the bottom of an undrained desert basin after heavy rains.
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