still water
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstillandwater
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still
adjective
uk/stɪl/us/stɪl/
staying in the same position; ...
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water
noun
uk/ˈwɔː.tər/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofstillandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No one would say that in the frozen state (ice) or in the vapor state (steam) that the material is notstillwater.
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This lithofacies represents deposition in low-lying ponds or lakes where fine sediments were preferentially deposited understillwaterconditions.
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This was obtained from readings at astillwatersurface.
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The water depth was measured directly (in ft.) with a wooden scale immersed through thestillwatersurface.
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Briefly, the aerofoil was mounted under a trolley and towed at constant velocity in a tank ofstillwater.
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The waves in the experiments were all generated onstillwaterof depth 0.55 m a t the same fixed frequency using the same paddle displacement.
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Bagnold (1946) was the first t o investigate this mechanism experimentally, by oscillating a t various amplitudes a section of sand bed instillwater.
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Only a vessel in a known position and with known safe depth onstillwaterand a fair stern wind can move along its course in a straight line.
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Whirling disease exists in other countries, but it has not caused any problems for thestillwaterlakes that have received the fish.
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People who drinkstillwateras a beverage usually take it aerated; if so, it comes within the terms of that definition.
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The research will cover cormorant predation in bothstillwaterand rivers.
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He draws comparisons with thestillwaterof a dock.
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However, taking the most conservative view, it is clearly a long stretch of relativelystillwaterthrough which the fish will have to pass.
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In the docks there isstillwaterwhich can have a temperature of 50 degrees and can sometimes melt the ice.
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There is no use in keepingstillwaterhere which it is not intended to tax.
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The reason is that it would need to bestillwaterand the surface would require to be self-cleaning, as would the pool.
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