sweepage

Signification (Anglais)

1. The crop of hay obtained from a meadow.
2. The process by which gases passing beneath the electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator pick up dust from the hoppers, removing it from the precipitator exit.
3. Detritus that is swept up with a broom or similar implement.
4. The circuit of an oscilloscope used to track the time dimension.
5. The act of sweeping or flowing.
6. The movement of matter by a current.
7. The matter that has been moved by a current.
8. The state when a sweepboat is moving faster than the current of the water.

Synonymes

scan

scanning

scansion

sweep

sweeping

Étymologie (Anglais)

From sweep + -age.