Trough Creek State Park — Geobox Protected Area name = Trough Creek State Park native name = other name = other name1 = category local = Pennsylvania State Park category iucn = III image caption = etymology type = Named for etymology = Great Trough Creek country = United… … Wikipedia
Trough (meteorology) — A trough is an elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with fronts. Unlike fronts, there is not a universal symbol for a trough on a weather chart. In the United States, a trough may be marked as a dashed line.… … Wikipedia
trough — /trɒf / (say trof) noun 1. an open, box like receptacle, usually long and narrow, as for containing water or food for animals, or for any of various other purposes. 2. any receptacle of similar shape. 3. WA, SA, Victoria, Tasmania a large sink… …
trough — Verb. To eat. The imagery is of eating like an animal … English slang and colloquialisms
Nankai Trough — The Nankai Trough 南海トラフ (Nankai Torafu?) is a submarine trough located south of Japan s island of Honshū, extending approximately 900 km offshore. In plate tectonics, the Nankai Trough marks a subduction zone that is caused by subduction of… … Wikipedia
Mariana Trough — The Mariana Trough lies in the southern part of the IBM arc system in the Western Pacific. Guam and The Northern Mariana Islands mark its eastern limit. The Mariana Trough i … Wikipedia
pneumatic trough — noun : a trough that is filled with water or mercury for use in collecting gases * * * Chem. a trough filled with liquid, esp. water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement. [1820 30] * * * pneumatic trough noun A vessel… … Useful english dictionary
Hawaiian Trough — The Hawaiian Trough, also known as the Hawaiian Deep, is a depression of the sea floor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, where the massive weight of the island chain downwarps the oceanic lithosphere; surrounding the islands like a moat, it is… … Wikipedia
pneumatic trough — Chem. a trough filled with liquid, esp. water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement. [1820 30] * * * … Universalium
val´ley|like´ — val|ley «VAL ee», noun, plural leys. 1. lowland between hills or mountains and usually having a river or stream flowing along its bottom. SYNONYM(S): vale, dale, glen, dell. 2. a wide region of generally flat, low country drained by a great river … Useful english dictionary
