Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boat driven by means of pedals, like a bicycle or tricycle. The power may be applied either to a paddle or to a screw-shaft, the former being the commoner arrangement, since it is more direct and less affected by friction.
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Examples
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If lack of humanity puts the water-cycle to a halt, that is seriously news to me.
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A second paper and pulp production complex at Selenginsk has been converted to a closed water-cycle system, and waste dumping into the lake has ceased.
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Basically, the geologic graphic this company created to promote their product is confusing because it employs a confusingly "cyclical" design trope common to water-cycle diagrams to show something that is not cyclical at all.
The Confusing Diagram on FIJI Water Bottles: Or, Why Good Designers Are Worth Their Weight In Gold Jeremiah McNichols 2006
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Basically, the geologic graphic this company created to promote their product is confusing because it employs a confusingly "cyclical" design trope common to water-cycle diagrams to show something that is not cyclical at all.
Archive 2006-09-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2006
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And meteorologists, climate modellers and water-cycle researchers from numerous countries are lining up, waiting for ESA to release the first validated data sets.
Scientific American 2010
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One approach to getting a better handle on these and other atmospheric moisture issues involves a concerted water-vapor monitoring program, says David Noone, a water-cycle specialist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a member of Worden's team.
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