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• Water wheel — This article is about the machine for converting energy of flowing or falling water. For paddle wheels used to propel watercraft, see paddle wheel ship. For wheels used solely to lift water, see Noria. For factories or industries driven by water… …   Wikipedia

• water wheel — noun 1. a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond • Syn: ↑waterwheel • Hypernyms: ↑wheel 2. a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine • Syn: ↑waterwheel …   Useful english dictionary

• Reverse overshot water-wheel — Frequently used in mines and probably elsewhere, the reverse overshot water wheel was a Roman innovation to help remove water from the lowest levels of underground workings. It is described by Vitruvius in his work De Architectura published circa …   Wikipedia

• Irrigation — For its use in viticulture, see Irrigation in viticulture. For its use in medicine, see Therapeutic irrigation. LEPA redirects here. For the airport serving Palma de Mallorca, Spain, assigned the ICAO code LEPA, see Palma de Mallorca Airport.… …   Wikipedia

• water — As designating a commodity or a subject of ownership, this term has the same meaning in law as in common speech; but in another sense, and especially in the plural, it may designate a body of water, such as a river, a lake, or an ocean, or an… …   Black's law dictionary

• Irrigation in Australia — is a widespread practice to supplement low rainfall levels in Australia with water from other sources to assist in the production of crops or pasture. As the driest inhabited continent, irrigation is required in many areas for production of crops …   Wikipedia

• wheel — wheelless, adj. /hweel, weel/, n. 1. a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery. 2. any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as… …   Universalium

• wa|ter|wheel — water wheel, or wa|ter|wheel «WT uhr HWEEL WOT », noun. 1. a wheel turned with water and designed to drive machinery, such as that of a mill or pump. The grindstones of grain mills used to be run by water wheels. 2. a wheel for raising water,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Dethridge wheel — in 1936 Victoria Australia …   Wikipedia

• Outline of water — Faucet dripping water. Structure of the …   Wikipedia

• Two-wheel tractor — in Italy (2008) Two wheel tractor or walking tractor are generic terms understood in the USA and in parts of Europe to represent a single axle tractor, which is a tractor with one axle, self powered and self propelled, which can pull and power… …   Wikipedia