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Princeton's WordNet
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gatenoun
regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
sluice, sluiceway, penstocknoun
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Wiktionary
penstocknoun
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
Wikipedia
Penstock
A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems. The term is inherited from the earlier technology of mill ponds and watermills.
Webster Dictionary
Penstocknoun
a close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses
Penstocknoun
the barrel of a wooden pump
Etymology: [Etymol. uncertain; perh. fr. pen an inclosure + stock.]
Wikidata
Penstock
A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydraulic turbines and sewerage systems. It is a term that has been inherited from the technology of wooden watermills.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Penstock
pen′stok, n. a trough conveying water to a water-wheel.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
penstock
A flood-gate to a mill-pond. Also used in fortification, for the purpose of inundating certain works.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
penstock
A machine composed of timber, which, by means of a movable board, enables the defenders of a fortress to allow such a rush of water from the batardeaux as to inundate and destroy the works which the enemy may have constructed in the ditch.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Penstock in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Penstock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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