| trough | long and narrow receptacle (e.g. for holding food and water for animals); channel or drain for transporting water; elongated depression between two waves; elongated area of low pressure (Meteorology); low point | en | (isim) | en |
| trough | A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel | en | en |
| trough | Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc | en | en |
| trough | The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point | en | en |
| trough | a long narrow shallow receptacle a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | en | en |
| trough | A trough is a long narrow container from which farm animals drink or eat | en | en |
| trough | A trough is a low area between two big waves on the sea. The boat rolled heavily in the troughs between the waves | en | en |
| trough | A trough is a low point in a process that has regular high and low points, for example a period in business when people do not produce as much as usual. Looking back afterwards you will see that this was not a terminal trough in your career | en | en |
| trough | A trough of low pressure is a long narrow area of low air pressure between two areas of higher pressure | en | en |
| trough | a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | en | en |
| trough | a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater | en | en |
| trough | a concave shape with an open top | en | en |
| trough | a treasury for government funds | en | en |
| trough | a long narrow shallow receptacle | en | en |
| trough | a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed | en | en |
| trough | The transition point between economic recession and recovery | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of low atmospheric pressure that is associated with an area of minimum cyclonic circulation The opposite of a ridge | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of low pressure at the surface or aloft | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of low pressure | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of low atmospheric pressure Back | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of low pressure in the atmosphere | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of low pressure (where the air is rising) usually between two areas of high pressure Troughs tend to deflect tropical systems away from the US coast | en | en |
| trough | That point of time in an economic cycle when a recession bottoms | en | en |
| trough | Elongated area of low atmospheric pressure, either at the surface or in the upper atmosphere | en | en |
| trough | The lowest point in a propagating or standing wave See low water and tidal wave | en | en |
| trough | an elongated zone of low atmospheric pressure at a horizontal surface | en | en |
| trough | a colloquial and descriptive name of the parabolic cylinder (surface of constant parabolic cross-section) used for collecting solar radiation along the focal length Trough systems follow the path of the sun by pivoting on one axis (typically East-West or North-South), using shiny parabolic troughs to heat the collector fluid that passes through a tube at the focus Below is an illustration from the Solar Radiation Data Manual for Flat Plate and Concentrating Collectors | en | en |
| trough | An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure Usually associated with and most clearly identified as an area of maximum cyclonic curvature of the wind flow The opposite of a ridge | en | en |
| trough | on a weather chart, a narrow, elongated area of relatively low pressure | en | en |
| trough | the lowest point of real GDP at the end of a recession (chapter 5) | en | en |
| trough | A long area of low atmospheric pressure | en | en |
| trough | The low point on a sinusoidal wave | en | en |
| trough | The low part of a wave, between crests | en | en |
| trough | High-temperature (above 82 degrees C/180 degrees F) solar thermal concentrator with one axis-tracking | en | en |
| trough | the bottom of a recession | en | en |
| trough | the lowest point on the business cycle, from which the only way to go is up | en | en |
| trough | A deep path, full of ruts, between moguls | en | en |
| trough | The part of a transverse wave that extends below (negative) the rest state of the medium Click here to see a trough graphic Back to Top Back to Wave Index | en | en |
| trough | lowest concentration of a drug in the blood before the next dose is taken (often the same as Cmin, but because there can be a delay in drug absorption, sometimes the Cmin occurs a short time after the trough) | en | en |
n:troughs / Etymology :Middle English, from Old English trog; akin to Old High German trog trough, Old English trEow tree, wood; more at TREE. Pronunciation :'trof, 'troth, by bakers of. Function :noun. Date :before 12th century.
