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Meanings of movement of water in English

Russian
водопровод
Portuguese
transporte de água
Catalan
transport d'aigua
Spanish
transporte de agua

Intentional movement of water over large distances.

водопровод
Usage of movement of water in English
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Laying on the mattress, he listened for the movement of water.
Zeitoun
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There is scarcely enough movement of water to flick the sunlight.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
3
The movement of water far exceeds anything you can imagine.'
The water room
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When rain falls on a fertile soil there is a downward movement of water.
The First Book of Farming
5
Natural flood management schemes aim to slow the movement of water downstream to prevent flooding.
The Guardian
6
A small opening but, regretfully for you, an efficient one as to the movement of water.
Speaks the Nightbird
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All these facts show that mere movement of water could not be the effective cause of plant response.
Response in the Living and Non-Living
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This net movement of water, presumably caused by the osmotic effect of plasma proteins, reduces the concentration of binding proteins.
Pubmed
9
Rolling compacts the soil and starts a quicker capillary movement of water toward the surface and a consequent loss by evaporation.
The First Book of Farming
10
These factors resulted in the "speedy movement of water into the lakes and rivers" feeding into Lake Victoria, he said.
Reuters
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins that span plasma membranes allowing the movement of water and small solutes into or out of cells.
Pubmed
12
Redwoods are able to reshape the local climate and environment in which they live, and they control the movement of water in the forest.
The new yorker
13
It may be mentioned here that the explanation suggested by Kunkel, of the response being due to movement of water in the plant, is inadequate.
Response in the Living and Non-Living
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What there are instead, if you need an explanation, are bare branches and wind, the movement of water and the call of the occasional owl.
The nobodies album
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Great movements of water like this can also cause displacement of animals.
BBC
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A book of the various movements of waters passing through channels of different forms.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
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