Definition of Reservoirs

1. Noun. (plural of reservoir) ¹

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Definition of Reservoirs

1. reservoir [n] - See also: reservoir

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reservoirs

reserver
reservers
reserves
reservice
reserviced
reservices
reservicing
reserving
reservist
reservists
reservoir
reservoir bag
reservoir host
reservoir of infection
reservoirs
reservor
reservors
reses
reset
reset nodus sinuatrialis
resets
resettability
resettable
resetted
resetter
resetters
resetting

Literary usage of Reservoirs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Lining Ditches and Reservoirs to Prevent Seepage Losses. ... 94582 D. The Design and Construction of Impounding Reservoirs. William Watts. ..."

2. Public Water-supplies: Requirements, Resources, and the Construction of Works by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, Harry Luman Russell, Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"Natural lakes or ponds can frequently be utilized as reservoirs. ... It has been proposed to construct storage-reservoirs of this nature on the Thames ..."

3. Elements of Sanitary Engineering by Mansfield Merriman (1898)
"Reservoirs. The surface water of swamps and brooks and the ground water of springs is collected in reservoirs for storage and distribution. ..."

4. Mining and Engineering: And Miner's Guide by Henry A. Gordon (1894)
"DAMS and reservoirs constructed with earthwork embankments are considered by many persons as works of the simplest construction, which any one can undertake ..."

5. Elements of Sanitary Engineering by Mansfield Merriman (1918)
"Reservoirs. The surface water of swamps and brooks and the ground water of springs is collected in reservoirs for storage and distribution. ..."

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