floodgate

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الإنجليزية - التركية
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
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
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

    الواصلة

    flood·gate

    التركية النطق

    flʌdgeyt

    النطق

    /ˈflədˌgāt/ /ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/

    علم أصول الكلمات

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