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• float grass — noun : floating grass * * * float grass or floating grass noun Floating meadow grass (Glyceria fluitans) • • • Main Entry: ↑float …   Useful english dictionary

• float — [[t]flo͟ʊt[/t]] ♦♦♦ floats, floating, floated 1) V ERG If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid. [V in n] They… …   English dictionary

• floating grass — noun : any of several marsh or semiaquatic grasses: as a. : floating manna grass b. : marsh foxtail * * * float grass or floating grass noun Floating meadow grass (Glyceria fluitans) …   Useful english dictionary

• meadow-grass — meadˈow grass noun Any grass of the genus Poa (floating meadow grass manna grass, float grass) • • • Main Entry: ↑meadow …   Useful english dictionary

• manna-grass — mannˈa grass noun An aquatic grass (genus Glyceria) with edible seeds, float grass • • • Main Entry: ↑manna …   Useful english dictionary

• moira grass — /ˈmɔɪrə gras/ (say moyruh grahs) noun a semiaquatic creeping grass, Pseudoraphis spinescens, which grows along the edge of rivers and pools but can also float in shallow water; threatened by changes in water management of rivers. Also, mud grass …  

• Feather grass — Feather Feath er (f[e^][th] [ e]r), n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[eth]er; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[ o][eth]r, Sw. fj[ a]der, Dan. fj[ae]der, Gr. ptero n wing, feather, pe tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• free-float|ing — «FREE FLOH tihng», adjective. 1. floating or moving without an attachment: »free floating grass, a free floating astronaut. 2. not established; unfounded; unproven: »a free floating theory. 3. not bound or committed; independent: »It was less a… …   Useful english dictionary

• Velocimetry — is the measurement of the velocity of fluids, as often used to solve fluid dynamics problems, or to study fluid networks, as well as in industrial and process control applications, or in the creation of new kinds of fluid flow sensors. Methods of …   Wikipedia

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