Penstock — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛnstɑːk/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛnstɒk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛnstɒk/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɛnstɑːk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sluice valve floodgate sluiceway water gate sluice sluicegate head gate

Word Forms

sluice

verb

draw through a sluice

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Druckrohrleitung

Regler, der aus einem Ventil oder Schieber besteht, der die Wasserdurchflussrate durch eine Schleuse steuert

🇫🇷French

conduite forcée

régulateur constitué d'une vanne ou d'une vanne qui contrôle le débit d'eau à travers une écluse

🇪🇸Spanish

compuerta

Regulador que consiste en una válvula o compuerta que controla la velocidad del flujo de agua a través de una compuerta.

🇮🇹Italian

condotta forzata

regolatore costituito da una valvola o saracinesca che controlla la portata del flusso d'acqua attraverso una saracinesca

🇳🇱Dutch

afsluiter

regelaar bestaande uit een klep of poort die de snelheid van de waterstroom door een sluis regelt

🇵🇹Portuguese

comporta

regulador que consiste em uma válvula ou comporta que controla a taxa de fluxo de água através de uma eclusa

🇷🇺Russian

затвор

регулятор, состоящий из клапана или затвора, который регулирует скорость потока воды через шлюз

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जलद्वार

नियामक जिसमें एक वाल्व या गेट होता है जो स्लुइस के माध्यम से पानी के प्रवाह की दर को नियंत्रित करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

পেনস্টক

একটি ভালভ বা গেট নিয়ে গঠিত নিয়ন্ত্রক যা একটি স্লুইসের মধ্য দিয়ে জল প্রবাহের হার নিয়ন্ত্রণ করে

🇮🇳Tamil

பென்ஸ்டாக்

ஒரு ஸ்லூஸ் வழியாக நீர் ஓட்டத்தின் விகிதத்தைக் கட்டுப்படுத்தும் வால்வு அல்லது வாயிலைக் கொண்ட சீராக்கி

🇮🇳Telugu

పెన్స్టాక్

స్లూయిస్ ద్వారా నీటి ప్రవాహ రేటును నియంత్రించే వాల్వ్ లేదా గేట్‌తో కూడిన రెగ్యులేటర్

🇮🇳Marathi

पेनस्टॉक

नियामक ज्यामध्ये झडप किंवा गेट असते जे स्ल्यूसमधून पाण्याच्या प्रवाहाचे प्रमाण नियंत्रित करते

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેનસ્ટોક

રેગ્યુલેટર જેમાં વાલ્વ અથવા ગેટ હોય છે જે સ્લુઇસ દ્વારા પાણીના પ્રવાહના દરને નિયંત્રિત કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೆನ್ಸ್ಟಾಕ್

ಸ್ಲೂಯಿಸ್ ಮೂಲಕ ನೀರಿನ ಹರಿವಿನ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವನ್ನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸುವ ಕವಾಟ ಅಥವಾ ಗೇಟ್ ಅನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പെൻസ്റ്റോക്ക്

ഒരു സ്ലൂയിസിലൂടെയുള്ള ജലപ്രവാഹത്തിൻ്റെ തോത് നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വാൽവ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഗേറ്റ് അടങ്ങുന്ന റെഗുലേറ്റർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਨਸਟੌਕ

ਰੈਗੂਲੇਟਰ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਲਵ ਜਾਂ ਗੇਟ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਸਲੂਇਸ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੇ ਵਹਾਅ ਦੀ ਦਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਯੰਤਰਿਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پین اسٹاک

ریگولیٹر ایک والو یا گیٹ پر مشتمل ہے جو سلائس کے ذریعے پانی کے بہاؤ کی شرح کو کنٹرول کرتا ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

压力管道

由阀门或闸门组成的调节器，用于控制通过水闸的水流速率

🇯🇵Japanese

水圧鉄管

水門を通る水の流量を制御するバルブまたはゲートで構成される調整器

🇰🇷Korean

수압대

수문을 통과하는 물의 흐름 속도를 제어하는 밸브 또는 게이트로 구성된 조절기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ống xả

bộ điều chỉnh bao gồm một van hoặc cổng kiểm soát tốc độ dòng nước qua cống

🇹🇭Thai

ปากกาสต็อก

เครื่องควบคุมประกอบด้วยวาล์วหรือประตูที่ควบคุมอัตราการไหลของน้ำผ่านประตูน้ำ

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قلم رصاص

منظم يتكون من صمام أو بوابة تتحكم في معدل تدفق المياه عبر السد

🇮🇷Persian

پنستوک

تنظیم کننده متشکل از یک دریچه یا دروازه که سرعت جریان آب را از طریق یک دریچه کنترل می کند.

🇹🇷Turkish

cebri boru

bir kanaldan geçen suyun akış hızını kontrol eden bir vana veya kapıdan oluşan regülatör

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