measure quantity amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
flood overflow outpouring | a large flow |
flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
flood flowage | the act of flooding, filling to overflowing |
flood floodlight flood lamp photoflood | light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam, used in photography |
quantity | an adequate or large amount, he had a quantity of ammunition |
quantity | the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable |
numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number |
variable variable quantity | a quantity that can assume any of a set of values |
constant constant quantity invariable | a quantity that does not vary |
parameter parametric quantity | a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves |
unknown unknown quantity | a variable whose values are solutions of an equation |
unknown quantity | a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent, I don't know what the new man will do, he's still an unknown quantity |
flood tide flood rising tide | the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide), a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare |
climax flood tide | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding, the climax of the artist's career, in the flood tide of his success |
floodplain flood plain | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding |
flood inundation deluge alluvion | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, plains fertilized by annual inundations |
flash flood flashflood | a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration |
Noah's flood Noachian deluge Noah and the Flood the Flood | (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah, it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings |
fundamental quantity fundamental measure | one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement |
definite quantity | a specific measure of amount |
indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity |
relative quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose |
prime prime quantity | a number that has no factor but itself and |
charge unit quantity unit | a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) |
complex number complex quantity imaginary number imaginary | (mathematics) a number of the form abi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of - |
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
small indefinite quantity small indefinite amount | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
flood inundation deluge torrent | an overwhelming number or amount, a flood of requests, a torrent of abuse |
flood | cover with liquid, usually water, The swollen river flooded the village, The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes |
flood | become filled to overflowing, Our basement flooded during the heavy rains |
overwhelm deluge flood out | charge someone with too many tasks |
deluge flood inundate swamp | fill quickly beyond capacity, as with a liquid, the basement was inundated after the storm, The images flooded his mind |
flood in | arrive in great numbers |
flood oversupply glut | supply with an excess of, flood the market with tennis shoes, Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient |