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Look up: Geyser

  1. geyser
    [n] - a spring that discharges hot water and steam 2. [v] - to overflow like a geyser
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. geyser
    apparatus in which the water is heated as it flows through Category: Electrical engineering and energy • Geysers(Icelandic 'geysir',from geysa = to rush forth or 'gjosa' = to gush),are spouting hot springs that throw forth intermittent jets of water and steam(temperature between 100oC a ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Geyser
    Gey'ser noun [ Icelandic geysir , from geysa to rush furiously, from gjōsa to gush. Confer Gush .] A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/24

  4. geyser
    verb to overflow like a geyser
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Geyser
    • (n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. geyser
    hot spring that intermittently spouts jets of steam and hot water. The term is derived from the Icelandic word geysir, meaning `to gush.`[4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/27

  7. geyser
    geyser (gī'zur) [Icel.], hot spring from which water and steam are ejected periodically to heights ranging from a few to several hundred feet. Notable geysers are found in Iceland, New Zealand, and W United States, which are areas of recent volcanic activity. Geyser action in Iceland was s...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08206

  8. Geyser
    In geography, a geyser (from the Icelandic geysir which in turn deribes from heysa meaning to gush or rush forth) is a term applied to natural springs of hot water of the kind that were first observed in Iceland. The geysers of Iceland, about a hundred in number, lie about 30 miles north west of Mou...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. geyser
    Click images to enlargeNatural spring that intermittently discharges an explosive column of steam and hot water into the air due to the build-up of steam in underground chambers. One of the most remarkable geysers is Old Faithful, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Geysers also occur in New Zealand and Icelan...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  10. geyser
    a type of hot spring seen on land that episodically erupts jets of hot water and steam. It results from ground water being heated by coming in contact with hot rock deep in the Earth's crust, and then rising to the surface.
    Found on http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/glossar

  11. Geyser
    A `geyser` (; -->) is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase (steam). The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geyser



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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