flume

Example Sentences

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“I agree that the change in timeline and the number of flumes used was odd, but we accepted this as part of the correction,” he says.

From Science Magazine

Over the years, the 10-foot-high wooden dam, about 200 feet long, diverted water into a 10-mile-long wooden flume conveying water to the dam’s powerhouse.

From Seattle Times

As the shadows lengthened, we hit the bumper cars, log flume and three roller-coaster runs in quick succession.

From Washington Post

Like most of Dixson’s experimental work, the study relied partly on a so-called choice flume, an apparatus in which a fish can choose whether to swim toward a chemical signal.

From Science Magazine

Occasionally, a steelhead trout got flung down the flume and squished in the printing works.

From Los Angeles Times