A rectangular container used for washing clothes, a channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity, or any general 'U' or 'V' shaped channel conveying water for irrigation purposes
In Australia and New Zealand, a trough may refer to a rectangular container used for washing clothes, a channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity, or any general U or V shaped channel conveying water for irrigation purposes
lowest concentration of a drug in the blood before the next dose is taken (often the same as Cmin, but because there can be a delay in drug absorption, sometimes the Cmin occurs a short time after the trough)
The part of a transverse wave that extends below (negative) the rest state of the medium Click here to see a trough graphic Back to Top Back to Wave Index
a colloquial and descriptive name of the parabolic cylinder (surface of constant parabolic cross-section) used for collecting solar radiation along the focal length Trough systems follow the path of the sun by pivoting on one axis (typically East-West or North-South), using shiny parabolic troughs to heat the collector fluid that passes through a tube at the focus Below is an illustration from the Solar Radiation Data Manual for Flat Plate and Concentrating Collectors
A trough is a low point in a process that has regular high and low points, for example a period in business when people do not produce as much as usual. Looking back afterwards you will see that this was not a terminal trough in your career
A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel
An elongated area of low pressure (where the air is rising) usually between two areas of high pressure Troughs tend to deflect tropical systems away from the US coast
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure Usually associated with and most clearly identified as an area of maximum cyclonic curvature of the wind flow The opposite of a ridge
{i} long and narrow receptacle (e.g. for holding food and water for animals); channel or drain for transporting water; elongated depression between two waves; elongated area of low pressure (Meteorology); low point
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc
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/ˈtrôfs/ /ˈtrɔːfs/
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[ 'trof, 'troth, by bakers of ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English trog; akin to Old High German trog trough, Old English trEow tree, wood; more at TREE.