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 Translation for 'water tank' from English to Portuguese
NOUN   a water tank | water tanks
SYNO cistern | water tank
tanque {m} de águawater tank
Partial Matches
água {f}water
2
regarto water
bot.gastr.T
melancia {f} [Citrullus lanatus]
water melon
água {f} sem gásstill water
pressão {f} da águawater pressure
gota {f} de águawater drop
gastr.
água {f} mineral
mineral water
zool.T
sucurijuba {f} [Eunectes murinus]
(common) water boa
vapor {m} d'águawater vapor [Am.]
vapor {m} de águawater vapor [Am.]
eletr.
usina {f} hidrelétrica [Bras.]
water power plant [Am.]
um copo {m} d'águaa glass of water
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Usage Examples English
  • It has seen use for water tank mosquito control in Australia, where a temporary thin floating layer above the water protects it until the defective tank is repaired.
  • In 1834, John Russell observed a nondecaying solitary water wave (soliton) in the Union Canal near Edinburgh and used a water tank to study the dependence of solitary water wave velocities on wave amplitude and water depth.
  • If the water's surface is disturbed at one focus of an elliptical water tank, the circular waves of that disturbance, after reflecting off the walls, converge simultaneously to a single point: the "second focus".
  • A mock-up of a conning tower was placed in a water tank at the Bavaria Studios in Munich for outdoor scenes not requiring a full view of the boat's exterior.
  • The Lineville water tank is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

  • The camp site is set among trees near the beach, with one public toilet and a water tank.
  • The Smithsons deliberately left many of the service elements of the school exposed, making a feature of the water tank by turning it into a tower.
  • Shippers found that black bass were a hardy species that could be transported in buckets or barrels via the railroad, sometimes using the spigot from the railroad water tank to aerate the fingerlings.
  • Some species of beetle are kept as pets, for example diving beetles (Dytiscidae) may be kept in a domestic fresh water tank.
  • The vehicle's water tank has a volume of 4,000 liters or more and a separate tank for foam agent.

  • Some can be used to heat water for washing which is stored in a domestic hot water tank.
  • Surrey and York flanges fit to the top of the hot water tank allowing all the water to be taken without disturbance to the tank.
  • A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection.
  • The fill valve in a toilet water tank is a liquid level-actuated valve. When a high water level is reached, a mechanism shuts the valve which fills the tank.
  • The outer shell of the water tank is a cylindrical stainless-steel tank 39 m in diameter and 42 m in height.

  • She reportedly survived 4 days 7 hours in a water tank, and died after refusing food it was given, having uttered no intelligible sound, [...] or issuing sounds like screechings of a mouse (...).
  • The location featured a water tank filled with [...] of water surrounding a faux-ice island.
  • These systems may use small nylon bags of lead shot or small weights which are distributed around the BCD, allowing a diver to gain a better overall weight distribution leading to a more horizontal trim in the water.
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