How to pronounce“downwell”in English
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Definitions of “downwell”
To sink below material of lower density.
“Some of the northward-flowing waters turn eastward and enter the Throughflow sponge above 1300 m (Figure 5b), where they downwell and return to the interior and spread both to the south and the north (Figure 5c).”
To penetrate water downward.
“This measurement, as Region 4 stated, has been "commonly used to measure marine turbidity; it does not measure downwelling ambient light."”
A vertical shaft or well in which water flows downward.
“The proposed work includes enlarging the basin and installing downwells for percolation.”
Synonym of downwelling.
“Warm-water eddies are downwells and cold-water eddies facilitate vertical mixing rather than induce upwelling.”