floodgate

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von floodgate im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: bent kapağı; taşkınları önlemek için akarsulara yapılan kapılar; kapaklar
Bu keşif araştırma yapmak için bent kapaklarını açtı ve soruşturmanın meşru alanı olarak disiplin kurulmasına neden oldu. - This discovery opened up the floodgates to research and led to the establishment of the discipline as a legitimate field of inquiry.; {i} set

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von floodgate im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice; Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc; {n} a gate to stop or let out water; something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants; {i} gate designed to regulate water flow, sluice; a gate installed in a culvert or bridge waterway to prevent the ingress of floodwater or tidewater to the area drained by the structure; something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"; A gate designed to control water or restrain a water outburst; Anything that controls or limits an outpouring or people, emotion etc; regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
floodgates: plural of floodgate
floodgates: If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before. A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits

floodgate

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flood·gate

flʌdgeyt

/ˈflədˌgāt/ /ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/

[ 'fl&d-"gAt ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English flodgate.

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