- trickle flow
- капельный поток
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики. 2014.
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики. 2014.
flow — [n] issue, abundance breeze, continuance, continuation, continuity, course, current, deluge, discharge, draft, draw, dribble, drift, ebb, effusion, electricity, emanation, flood, flux, gush, juice, leakage, movement, oozing, outflow, outpouring,… … New thesaurus
trickle — ► VERB 1) (of a liquid) flow in a small stream. 2) (trickle down) (of wealth) gradually benefit the poorest as a result of the increasing wealth of the richest. 3) come or go slowly or gradually. ► NOUN 1) a small flow of liquid. 2) a small group … English terms dictionary
trickle — [trik′əl] vi. trickled, trickling [ME triklen < ?] 1. to flow slowly in a thin stream or fall in drops 2. to move, come, go, etc. little by little [the crowd trickled away] vt. to cause to trickle n. 1. the act of trickling … English World dictionary
trickle — (v.) late 14c., possibly an aphetic variant of stricklen to trickle, a frequentative form of striken to flow, move (see STRIKE (Cf. strike)). Related: Trickled; trickling. The noun is 1570s, from the verb. Trickle down as an adjectival phrase in… … Etymology dictionary
Trickle — Tric kle (tr[i^]k k l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trickled} (tr[i^]k k ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Trickling} (tr[i^]k kl[i^]ng).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. str[imac]can. See {Strike}, v. t.] To flow in a small,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trickle — [v] run out crawl, creep, distill, dribble, drip, drop, exude, flow, issue, leak, ooze, percolate, seep, stream, trill, weep; concepts 146,179 Ant. flow … New thesaurus
Trickle up effect — The trickle up effect is an economic theory used to describe the flow of wealth from the poor to the affluent; it is opposite to the trickle down effect.Relationship to the trickle down effectProponents of the trickle down… … Wikipedia
trickle — trick|le1 [ˈtrıkəl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from the sound] 1.) if liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream trickle down/into/out ▪ The tears trickled down her cheeks. 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
trickle — tricklingly, adv. /trik euhl/, v., trickled, trickling, n. v.i. 1. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks. 2. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the… … Universalium
trickle — 1. noun a) A very thin river. The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle. b) A very thin flow; the act of trickling. The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night … Wiktionary
trickle — verb 1》 (of a liquid) flow in a small stream. 2》 come or go slowly or gradually: the congregation began to trickle in. 3》 (trickle down) (of wealth) gradually benefit the poorest as a result of the increasing wealth of the richest. noun 1》 a… … English new terms dictionary