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reservoir
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Reservoir
A reservoir (etymology: from French réservoir a "storehouse" ), artificial lake or impoundment from a dam is used to store water. Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as b... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir
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Reservoir
Any natural or artificial holding area used to store, regulate, or control water. Found op http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
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reservoir
Any natural or artificial holding area used to store, regulate, or control a substance. Found op http://cdiac.ornl.gov/glossary.html
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Reservoir
Living or (rarely) non-living source of infection not always showing symptoms, in which a pest may pass a period free of economic hosts, and serving as a source of inoculum. For instance domestic cats are reservoirs of Toxoplasma gondii. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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reservoir
[n] - a large or extra supply of something 2. [n] - lake used to store water for community use 3. [n] - tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=reservoir
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Reservoir
A porous or fractured rock formation with a geological seal thus forming a trap for producible hydrocarbons. A common exploration maxim is that a prospective reservoir must possess a related Source rock, Structure and Seal.
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reservoir
a porous and permeable underground formation containing an individual and separate natural accumulation of producible hydrocarbons (oil and/ or gas) which is confined by impermeable rock or water barriers and is characterized by a single natural pressure system. A subsurface, porous, permeable rock ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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reservoir
a porous and permeable underground formation containing an individual and separate natural accumulation of producible hydrocarbons (oil and/ or gas) which is confined by impermeable rock or water barriers and is characterized by a single natural pressure system. A subsurface, porous, permeable rock ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Reservoir
A place of impounded water against a dam. The water is usually kept for drinking or an industrial use, such as milling. These are generally much larger than a gathering pond. Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let
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Reservoir
an accumulation of oil or gas in rock.
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Reservoir
The underground formation where oil and gas has accumulated It consists of a porous rock to hold the oil or gas, and a cap rock that prevents its escape.
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reservoir
the underground formation where oil and gas has accumulated consisting of a porous and permeable rock to hold the oil or gas, and a cap rock that prevents its escape;
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Reservoir
Reservoir: 1. A place where something such as water is kept in reserve. 2. The part of a device in which something is kept in reserve or stored, as an Ommaya reservoir. 3. For an infectious agent, an animal, person, plant, soil, or other substance in which the agent normally abides. See: Reservoir o... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=25479
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Reservoir
Res'er·voir` (rĕz'ẽr*vwôr`; 277) noun [ French réservoir , from Late Latin reservatorium . See Reservatory .] 1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/60
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reservoir
1. <anatomy> A place or cavity for storage, for anatomical structures serving as a storage space for fluids. ... 2. <geography> A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?reservoir
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reservoir
noun tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reservoir
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reservoir
source noun anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; `an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reservoir
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reservoir
noun a large or extra supply of something; `a reservoir of talent` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reservoir
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reservoir
noun lake used to store water for community use Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reservoir
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reservoir
a lake where water is stored Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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reservoir
a human-made body of water formed by damming one end of a valley; usually to supply water and/or hydroelectric power to a nearby area
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reservoir
(rez´әr-vwahr) a storage place or cavity. an alternate or passive host or carrier that harbors pathogenic organisms or parasites without injury to itself and serves as a source from which other individuals can be infected. cardiotomy reservoir in cardiopulmonary ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Reservoir
• (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like. • (n.) A small intercellular space, often containing resin, e... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/reservoir/
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reservoir
an open-air storage area (usually formed by masonry or earthwork) where water is collected and kept in quantity so that it may be drawn off for use.[8 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/36
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reservoir
(Fr. réservoir from réserver to reserve) 1. a place or cavity for storage; for anatomical structures serving as a storage space for fluids. 2. reservoir host or reservoir of infection; an alternate or passive host or carrier that harbours pathogenic organisms, without injury to itself, and serves ... Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio76.html
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