Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
cubic feet per second , occasionally used by irrigation engineers, particularly by British engineers, as an expression of rate of flow of water.
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- noun Plural form of
cusec .
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Examples
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The consultants went on to state that a much shorter and cheaper channel relief is possible between Flagstaff and the Mahaica River, and stated that with improvement of the channel cross section in the lower 7 km of the Mahaica River (the mouth needs to be dredged) it could be possible to discharge in excess of nearly 3200 cusecs, which is far more than the Land of Canaan Sluice (LOC) working at 100% efficiency can provide.
Stabroek News Stabroek staff 2010
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That raised the water level to 16 lakh cusecs at Mundali Bridge on Mahanadi and triggered a severe flood situation in Orissa.
Blame Game begins: Did Wrong Operation of Hirakud Dam trigger flood disaster? 2008
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The Hirakud Dam operators released 4.62 lakh cusecs of water on September 19 and then 7.91 lakh cusecs on September 20.
Blame Game begins: Did Wrong Operation of Hirakud Dam trigger flood disaster? 2008
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The Hirakud Dam operators released 4.62 lakh cusecs of water on September 19 and then 7.91 lakh cusecs on September 20.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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That raised the water level to 16 lakh cusecs at Mundali Bridge on Mahanadi and triggered a severe flood situation in Orissa.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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The water channel having the length of 4 kilometers was designed for 200 cusecs water for local power house in 1974 hence it is fearing that it would be not able for required water due to encroachment by local people at so many places as well as by one government and one non government organization.
power channel 2008
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The water channel having the length of 4 kilometers was designed for 200 cusecs water for local power house in 1974 hence it is fearing that it would be not able for required water due to encroachment by local people at so many places as well as by one government and one non government organization.
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The water channel having the length of 4 kilometers was designed for 200 cusecs water for local power house in 1974 hence it is fearing that it would be not able for required water due to encroachment by local people at so many places as well as by one government and one non government organization.
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The Bloemhof Dam near Klerksdorp in North-West was 119 percent full and releasing 2500 cusecs.
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Water was flowing in at a rate of 1500 cubic metres per second and was flowing out at a rate of 1400 cusecs through 11 sluice gates.
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