rill – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
rill
n.
any of many long trenches on the surface of the moon (also rille); small brook, stream
Rill
- For use in record technology, see gramophone record. For grooves on the moon, see rille.
In hillslope geomorphology, a
rill is a shallow
channel (no more than a few tens of centimetres deep) cut into
soil by the
erosive action of
flowing water. Similar but smaller incised channels are known as microrills; larger incised channels are known as
gullies.
rill
Noun
1. a small stream
(synonym) rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet
(hypernym) stream, watercourse
2. a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
(hypernym) channel
Rill
(v. i.)
To run a small stream.
(n.)
See Rille.
(n.)
A very small brook; a streamlet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Rill
A small channel eroded into the soil by surface runoff; can be easily smoothed out or obliterated by normal tillage.
