sweepage

English

noun
Definitions
  • (UK) The crop of hay obtained from a meadow.
  • The process by which gases passing beneath the electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator pick up dust from the hoppers, removing it from the precipitator exit.
  • Detritus that is swept up with a broom or similar implement.
  • The circuit of an oscilloscope used to track the time dimension.
  • The act of sweeping or flowing.
  • The movement of matter by a current.
  • The matter that has been moved by a current.
  • The state when a sweepboat is moving faster than the current of the water.

Etymology

Suffix from English sweep (rowing style in which each rower has only one oar and rows on one side).

Origin

English

sweep

Gloss

rowing style in which each rower has only one oar and rows on one side

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