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  1. afterbay: Merriam-Webster
  2. afterbay: Wiktionary
  3. afterbay: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (afterbay)

▸ noun:  (hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.

Similar:
detention basin, embayment, pondage, basin, retention basin, bank, dry pond, tailrace, detention pond, outlet, more...

Opposite:
forebay, upstream reservoir, headpond

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Similar:
detention basin, embayment, pondage, basin, retention basin, bank, dry pond, tailrace, detention pond, outlet, more...

Opposite:
forebay, upstream reservoir, headpond



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