| sink | 1 In the mathematical representation of fluid flow, a hypothetical point or place at which the fluid is absorbed | en |
| sink | a complex fold in which a corner of the model is turned inside out to become a pocket Sinks may be either open or closed An open sink is one in which the layers of the paper can be opened to allow the sink to be achieved in a structured manner A closed sink is one where the layers of the paper cannot be opened and the sink must be performed in an ad hoc manner Closed sinks can often be turned into open sinks by a careful restructuring of the layers | en |
| sink | Place in the environment where a compound or material collects | en |
| sink | 1) Place in the environment where a compound or material collects 2) A process in which chemicals are removed from the environment or are otherwise made no longer available For example, the ocean is a sink for CO2 because crustaceans use a significant amount in building their shells of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) | en |
| sink | A reservoir that uptakes a pollutant from another part of its cycle Soil and trees tend to act as natural sinks for carbon | en |
| sink | A place in the environment where a compound or material collects See reservoir | en |
| sink | A place where pollutants are collected by means of processes such as absorption The opposite of source | en |
| sink | A place where a surface water course disappears underground Also known as 'streamsink' | en |
| sink | A part of a plant that is actively growing and requires large amounts of photosynthetic sugars to support its development In many plants, reproductive structures such as flowers and fruits are large sinks for photosynthetic products | en |
| sink | appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" | en |
| sink | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" | en |
| sink | a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | en |
| sink | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" | en |
| sink | fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" | en |
| sink | is a scientific term for storage or removal of a substance For example, plants through photosynthesis, transform carbon dioxide from the air into organic matter which is then "stored" in the plant or in the soil Plants are thus said to be sinks" for carbon One of the key uncertainties regarding climate is that the quantity of carbon held in the various sinks and the rates of exchange between them are not well known | en |
| sink | A place where water stops flowing on the surface and instead begins to flow underground | en |
| sink | embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" | en |
| sink | The process of providing storage for a substance For example, plants--through photosynthesis--transform carbon dioxide in the air into organic matter, which either stays in the plants or is stored in the soils The plants are a sink for carbon dioxide | en |
| sink | To push an opposing player under the water | en |
| sink | A basin used for holding water for washing | en |
| sink | A sinking air mass Commonly found outside thermals, between lift sources or in rotors | en |
| sink | To put a window just below the lowest view | en |
| sink | The motion of a sinker pitch | en |
| sink | To descend into a liquid or other substance or material | en |
| sink | To submerge (something) in a liquid or other substance or material | en |
| sink | To push (something) into something | en |
| sink | To cause (a ship, etc) to sink | en |
| sink | Any natural or man-made systems that absorb and store GHGs, including CO2 from the atmosphere To be considered a sink, a system must be absorbing more CO2 than it is releasing so that the store of carbon must be expanding | en |
| sink | Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere | en |
| sink | A collapsed blister or bubble leaving a depression in a product | en |
| sink | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | en |
| sink | (1) Site of the storage of some material | en |
| sink | happens in a riparian corridor when nutrients are taken up by plants and stored in plant tissue for extended periods of time | en |
| sink | Depression in the land surface; a negative potential area, as in a source and a sink | en |
| sink | In pollution terminology, any location where wastes are or ultimately become deposited, e g , in underground burial places, in underwater deposits, in ocean water | en |
| sink | A locally asymptotically stable fixed point | en |
| sink | Arrows scroll from top down instead of bottom up | en |
| sink | the amount an element is lowered, usually from the top of type page, but sometimes from the top of text page or trim, depending on customer definition Sink will be specified as visual or base to base space | en |
| sink | A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes | en |
| sink | To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt | en |
| sink | A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc | en |
| sink | To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore | en |
| sink | To conseal and appropriate | en |
| sink | To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship | en |
| sink | Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation | en |
| sink | To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die | en |
| sink | as in a kitchen | en |
| sink | The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River | en |
| sink | cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" | en |
| sink | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide" | en |
| sink | fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" | en |
| sink | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned | en |
| sink | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | en |
| sink | A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; called also sink hole | en |
| sink | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide" | en |
| sink | pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana" | en |
| sink | To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height | en |
| sink | To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc | en |
| sink | If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl | en |
| sink | To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate | en |
| sink | If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. Share prices would have sunk -- hurting small and big investors Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling. = fall | en |
| sink | If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards. Far off to the west the sun was sinking | en |
| sink | If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes | en |
| sink | If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling. the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft | en |
| sink | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | en |
| sink | If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly to sink without trace: see trace | en |
| sink | If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money. He has already sunk $25million into the project. = plough see also sinking, sunk | en |
| sink | If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float. float | en |
| sink | People use sink school or sink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources. unemployed teenagers from sink estates | en |
| sink | To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west | en |
| sink | If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship The boat was beginning to sink fast The lifeboat crashed against the side of the sinking ship. + sinking sinkings sink·ing the sinking of the Titanic | en |
| sink | Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely | en |
| sink | submerge, fall down below the surface (especially in water); move down to a lower level; invest; fall, descend; slope or dip downward; become submerged; penetrate, permeate fiil | en |
| sink | To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease | en |
| sink | wash basin; sewer, drain; cesspool; place where criminals gather; device that disposes of excess energy within an electrical circuit (Electronics); receiver, device that receives data or heat (Computers) isim | en |
| sink | A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes. The sink was full of dirty dishes. the kitchen sink | en |
| sink | A sink is the same as a washbasin or basin. The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks | en |
| To sink | founder | en |
| sank | of Sink | en |
| sank | imp | en |
| sank | simple past of sink | en |
| sank | Sank is the past tense of sink. A past tense of sink. the past tense of sink | en |
| sinking | A smithing technique to give form and volume to sheet metal by hammering the sheet into a recess | en |
| sinking | Controlling oil spills by using an agent to trap the oil and sink it to the bottom of the body of water where the agent and the oil are biodegraded | en |
| sinking | The term is used here to describe the way a switch is connected in the circuit If the switch completes the electrical circuit by connecting the load to ground/(-) it is considered to be sinking the load In a solid state device this is equivalent to a NPN ouput | en |
| sinking | A cold finishing operation to obtain exactly the desired diameter and/or to improve mechanical properties Performed by pulling a tube through a hardened die without using an interior tool (mandrel) | en |
| sinking | Surface deformation on parts | en |
| sinking | In atmospheric optics, a refraction phenomenon, the opposite of looming, in which an object on or slightly above the geographic horizon apparently sinks below it Compare inferior mirage, stooping | en |
| sinking | present participle of sink | en |
| sinking | In this procedure, the tube is drawn through a die without inner tool, whereat essentially only outer and inner diameter is reduced and the wall thickness can increase or decrease to a low extend depending on the reduction ratio | en |
| sinking | & n | en |
| sinking | a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs" | en |
| sinking | from Sink | en |
| sinking | a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach" | en |
| sinking | a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach | en |
| sinking | a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic" | en |
| sinking | If you have a sinking feeling, you suddenly become depressed or lose hope. I began to have a sinking feeling that I was not going to get rid of her. see also sink | en |
| sinking | falling down below the surface; moving to a lower level; falling, descending; sloping downward; penetrating, permeating sıfat | en |
| sinking | descent; gradual decline or fall; uneasy or apprehensive feeling isim | en |
| sinks | - a process that removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, either by destroying them through chemical processes or storing them in some other form Carbon dioxide is often stored in ocean water, plants or soils where it can be released at a later time | en |
| sinks | natural systems forests and wetlands, for example that absorb and store greenhouse gases | en |
| sinks | plural of sink | en |
| sinks | Third person singular simple present of to sink | en |
| sinks | ecosystems which absorb carbon dioxide naturally through micro-organisms and plants (i e forests and oceans) | en |
| sinks | Ecosystems, notably forests and oceans, which can remove carbon from the atmosphere by absorbing and storing it, thereby offsetting CO2 emissions The Kyoto Protocol allows certain terrestrial human-induced sinks activities undertaken since 1990 to be counted towards Annex I Parties' emission targets See also LULUCF | en |
| sinks | Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed countries can include changes in net emissions (calculated as emissions minus removals of CO2) from certain activities in the land-use change and forestry sector Calculating the effects of sinks (growing vegetation tends to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere) is methodologically complex and still needs to be clarified | en |
| sinks | growing vegetation tends to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere Calculating the effect of sinks (by land-use change and forestry) is methodologically complex and still needs to be clarified | en |
| sinks | The processes (or places that encompass particular processes) that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere | en |
| sinks | Interrupted drainage develops on limestone or dolomite beds through the dissolving action of water on the formation Consequently, streams can disappear into subterranean caverns, often not re-emerging until they have traveled underground for a considerable distance The term sink (or sinkhole) or karst drainage is sometimes used to describe this unusual stream pattern | en |
| sunk | doomed to extinction | en |
| sunk | past participle of sink | en |
| sunk | If you say that someone is sunk, you mean that they have no hope of avoiding trouble or failure. Without him we'd be well and truly sunk. the past tense and past participle of sink | en |
| sunk | doomed, ruined, beyond help (Informal) sıfat | en |
| sunk | Sunk is the past participle of sink | en |
| sunk | & p | en |
| sunken | under water; e | en |
| sunken | Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk | en |