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Gibb: a type of rigid module, without any moving parts, developed by Gibb. The water from the supply channel is let through an inlet pipe which delivers it to a rising pipe which turns through 180 degrees C and in which a free vortex flow develops. Water from this rising pipe enters an eddy chamber with a number of cross baffles with bottom edges sloped, which serve to skim off part of the flow and turn it back on the approaching flow. This action becomes more pronounced as the upstream head and the velocity in the chamber tend to increase; a retardation is introduced and the velocity is lowered, thus holding the discharge constant. The design is such that the flow passes through critical depth at the downstream end and is unaffected by the downstream water level
Category: Building industry

Gibb: R.W.Haywood has shown how to draw a curve on the T-phi chart which represents the Gibbs function accurately.This curve is termed the Gibbs Line
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

Gibb: a thermodynamic relationship useful in calculating changes in the energy(heat content)of a system
Category: Physics

gibberellin: one of a class of plant hormones that promote elongation. Synthesis occurs mainly in leaves and roots. They function by stimulating cell division and the hydrolysis of sugars to glucose and fructose, and stimulate extensive growth, especially of internodes. Their effects oppose those of auxins. Gibberellins are known to be involved in the regulation of division and gene expression
Category: Medicine

gibbon: family of anthropoid apes
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries



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