- flooding

Definition of - flooding in English English dictionary
- Flooding: inundation
flooding: An act of flooding; a flood or gush
flooding: a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
flooding: overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks
flooding: 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, caused by three days of torrential rain, is the worst in sixty-five years. a situation in which an area of land becomes covered with water, for example because of heavy rain
flooding: A method of behavior therapy in which the client is confronted with high levels of the phobic stimulus until the fear response is extinguished (p 582)
flooding: Leak Detection: A system which while being leak tested becomes so filled with a tracer gas as to make impracticable further leak testing Gas Detection: Sensor flooding occurs when a gas concentration at the sensor exceeds its stoichiometric mixture The signal from the sensor reverts to zero because the mixture in the air is too gas-rich to burn
flooding: An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus
flooding: Filling a tank through flood ports, open flood valves, or other sea connections, is known as flooding
flooding: Action by a switch that does not know the ports destination MAC address found in the The switch transmits the broadcast packet through all ports except for the one on which it arrived
flooding: {i} inundation, deluge, overflow of water
flooding: Surface inundation by moderate to fast moving water Usually associated with sedimentation and erosion
flooding: A behavior therapy in which a phobia is eliminated by forced exposure to the feared stimulus without an aversive consequence
flooding: Act of filling a space with a liquid
flooding: Water near or on the highway surface
flooding: A tide rising or moving from low to high water
flooding: When discharge exceeds the capacity of an active channel to contain the flow
flooding: overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
flooding: The temporary covering of soil with water from overflowing streams, runoff from adjacent slopes, and tides Frequency, duration, and probable dates of occurrence are estimated Frequency is expressed as none, rare, occasional, and frequent None means that flooding is not probable; rare that it is unlikely but possible under unusual weather conditions; occasional that it occurs on an average of once or less in 2 years; and frequent that it occurs on an average of more than once in 2 years Duration is expressed as very brief if less than 2 days, brief if 2 to 7 days, and long if more than 7 days Probable dates are expressed in months; November-May, for example, means that flooding can occur during the period November through May Water standing for short periods after rainfall or commonly covering swamps and marshes is not considered flooding
flooding: To become inundated or submerged
flooding: A technique used by a bridge to locate a destination address not present in the bridge's routing table by sending a packet out on all possible paths An acknowledgment from the receiving station contains the destination address of the packet, which can then be added to the bridge's routing table
flooding: A behavior therapy procedure in which a fearful person exposes himself or herself to what is frightening, in reality or in imagination, for extended periods of time without opportunity to escape See also behavior therapy
flooding: Accumulation of large amounts of runoff on the landscape as a result of rainfall in excess of the soil's ability to drain water from the landscape before extensive inundation and ponding occurs See also irrigation
flooding: One of the methods of enhanced oil recovery Water flooding or gas flooding might be considered secondary recovery methods
flooding: The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess
flooding: present participle of flood
flooding: The temporary covering of the soil surface by water from any source Shallow water standing during or shortly following rain is excluded from the definition of flooding Marshes and swamps are excluded from the definition of flooding because water is more than a temporary covering
flooding: The term applied to a refrigeration system when the liquid refrigerant reaches the compressor
flooding: inundation