tailrace
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noun
1.
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
2.
Mining. the channel for conducting tailings or refuse away in water.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Compare headrace a channel that carries water away from a water wheel, turbine, etc |
| 2. | mining the channel for removing tailings in water |
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Tailrace
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
Water from the turbine exits through the draft tube to the tailrace.
Control of the storm drain run off and sedimentation entering the tailrace.
The water continues past the propeller through the tailrace into the river past the dam.
The tailrace will return flow over a perched ledge to act as a barrier to fish migration into the tailrace.
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