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flooding in British English
noun
1.
3. psychology
a method of eliminating anxiety in a given situation, by exposing a person to the situation until the anxiety subsides
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flooding in American English
(ˈflʌdɪŋ)
noun
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flooding in Chemical Engineering
(flʌdɪŋ)
noun
(Chemical Engineering: Distillation)
Other problems in the operation of a distillation column include flooding, which results in liquid accumulation in the tower, increased pressure drop, and
poor separation.
If the foam cannot drain quickly from a downcomer onto the tray below, it will back
up onto the tray above, which is known as flooding.
Flooding is when too much liquid gathers in a vessel being used for distillation.
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flooding
British English: flooding
/ˈflʌdɪŋ/ NOUN
If flooding occurs, an area of land that is usually dry is covered with water after heavy rain or after a river or lake flows over its banks.
The flooding is the worst this century.
- American English: flooding /ˈflʌdɪŋ/
- Arabic: فَيَضَان
- Brazilian Portuguese: inundação
- Chinese: 泛滥
- Croatian: poplava
- Czech: záplava
- Danish: oversvømmelse
- Dutch: overstroming
- European Spanish: inundación
- Finnish: tulviminen
- French: inondation
- German: Überschwemmung
- Greek: πλημμύρισμα
- Italian: allagamento
- Japanese: 氾濫
- Korean: 범람
- Norwegian: flom
- Polish: zalanie
- European Portuguese: inundação
- Romanian: inundații
- Russian: наводнение
- Latin American Spanish: inundación
- Swedish: översvämning
- Thai: น้ำท่วม
- Turkish: su basması
- Ukrainian: повінь
- Vietnamese: lũ lụt
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