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Dead water

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  1. 1
    The eddying water under a slow-moving ship's counter, or a similar area of stationary fluid or gas in advance of a concave angle, which can occur when there is strong vertical density stratification (due to salinity or temperature or both), and can cause ships to become hard to control. countable, uncountable

    "A "deadwater," that is a region occupied by stationary fluid or by gas at suitable pressure, ahead of a concave angle was shown to be possible by Villat."

  2. 2
    A region in a body of moving water (or similar body of fluid in motion) where the water (fluid) is relatively stationary, or stagnant. countable, uncountable

    "Some of our party went down the deadwater for a short distance in it and came back with three black ducks and one golden eye."

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