gravity dam
English
noun
Definitions
- An impoundment dam that is wider at the base than at the top, and which uses the massive weight of the dam's mass to withstand the force of water being being stored behind the dam in its reservoir.
Etymology
Compound from English gravity + English dam (draughts piece).
Origin
English
dam
Gloss
draughts piece
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerogravity English
- anti-gravity English
- antidam English
- backdam English
- bigravity English
- cofferdam English
- contragravity English
- dam English
- damburst English
- dambuster English
- damlike English
- dammable English
- dammer English
- dammest English
- dammeth English
- damside English
- damsire English
- gravital English
- gravitation English
- gravitic English
- graviton English
- gravity English
- gravity knife English
- gravityless English
- hypergravity English
- hypogravity English
- infragravity English
- isogravity English
- microgravity English
- milligravity English
- normogravity English
- paragravity English
- redam English
- supergravity English
- undam English
- ungravity English
- *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- ダム Japanese
- dam Middle English
- dam Cebuano
- graviti Malay
- idamu Xhosa
- dam
- redam
- undam
- dammer
- dammest
- dammeth
- damsire
- backdam
- gravity
- damlike
- damside
- antidam
- dammable
- graviton
- damburst
- gravital
- gravitic
- bigravity
- dambuster
- ungravity
- cofferdam
- isogravity
- gravitation
- hypogravity
- gravityless
- aerogravity
- paragravity
- milligravity
- anti-gravity
- hypergravity
- supergravity
- microgravity
- infragravity
- normogravity
- contragravity
- gravity knife