Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » T » Trough

Trough

trough

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, a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.

Origin: OE. Trough, trogh, AS. Trog, troh; akin to D, G, & Icel. Trog, Sw. Trag, Dan. Trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. Tree. & 241. See Tree, and cf. Trug.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


To touch another body trough own skin..:)

It is from one Yahoogroup. What do you think..? Telepats as the new human kind..? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It can be easily proven with using of infrared light equipmen...

See entire post
by Brandon888
Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:09 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: To touch another body trough own skin..:)
Replies: 0
Views: 830

Re: Hello I was consulting some information on kidney.

Does the blood go trough the liver first before going trough the kidneys or is it the other way around? I have liver problems and I'm currently taking a fatty liver diet. I scanning the internet for useful information.

See entire post
by wpseofriendly
Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:03 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Hello I was consulting some information on kidney.
Replies: 2
Views: 2579

Re: passive active transport, h2o transport tree, bacteria, exam

My teacher will go trough the test on thursday and i need to be prepared! About the bacteria he did agree afterwards that i did earn at least 1 point there, but i need to be able to prove that tomorrow as well. The tree part clearly ...

See entire post
by Zamzen
Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:51 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: passive active transport, h2o transport tree, bacteria, exam
Replies: 6
Views: 9383

passive active transport, h2o transport tree, bacteria, exam

... passive transport. I pointed out that active is against the natures will and passive is not. active requires energy passive does not. active goes trough protein channels passive trough fosfolipid layers. i related it to the laws of thermodynamics that active is not spontanous but passive is. i ...

See entire post
by Zamzen
Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:25 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: passive active transport, h2o transport tree, bacteria, exam
Replies: 6
Views: 9383

Re: Why are leaves green?

... drops very sharply (exactly like an optical filter) from 95% at 670nm to 10% at 750nm, and stays at 10% from 750nm to 1100nm, except for a slight trough to 15% around 960nm. This is also very important, showing that the leaf is optimized not to absorb light at wavelength >~700nm (i.e. the near ...

See entire post
by Physicist0017
Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:28 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Why are leaves green?
Replies: 75
Views: 220520
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 2,539 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link