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Definition of Troughs

Trough
Trough Trough, n. (Meteor.) The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.
Trough
Trough Trough, n. [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tr[*a]g, Dan. trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. ? & 241. See Tree, and cf. Trug.] 1. A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel. 2. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc. Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.

Meaning of Troughs from wikipedia

- Beck Gorge - The Troughs, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England The Trough, a gorge carved...
- height on a pressure surface, troughs and ridges refer to features in an identical sense as those on a topographic map. Troughs may be at the surface, or...
- seasonally adjusted parabolic troughs are generally designed with a lower concentration acceptance product. Parabolic trough concentrators have a simple...
- as use of steam trains decreased. When the Aber troughs were removed in 1967, the only remaining troughs were in north-west England and Scotland. Diesel...
- List of watering troughs in Karachi Bills horse troughs Fountain of Sant Agustí Vell Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough ****ociation, a 19th-century...
- Bills horse troughs are watering troughs that were manufactured in Australia and installed to provide relief for working horses in the first half of the...
- U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation...
- occurs ahead of embedded shortwave troughs, which are of smaller wavelength. Diverging winds aloft, ahead of these troughs, cause atmospheric lift within...
- The Trough is a 6-mile long wooded gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River (SBPR) and situated in the Allegheny Mountains of Hampshire and Hardy...
- medium is at a maximum. A trough is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point of the wave. When the crests and troughs of two sine waves of equal...