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Reservoir
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- 1 A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia
- 1 A place where anything is kept in store.
"Notwithstanding the way in which she had, in what she termed "the delicacy of her feelings," contrived to pour the receipts of the fancy fair into one reservoir, the duke and several other persons complimented Lady Anne very much on the superior beauty and value of her articles,..."
- 2 tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) wordnet
- 3 A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- 4 lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water wordnet
- 5 A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
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- 6 anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies wordnet
- 7 A supply or source of something.
"To replace them and also to provide a reservoir for relief trains, a certain amount of spare stock must be kept on hand."
- 8 a large or extra supply of something wordnet
- 9 A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
"Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents."
- 10 A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
- 1 To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir. transitive
Etymology
From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).
From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).
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