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  • 21Splash Planet — Infobox Amusement park name = Splash Planet location = Hastings location2 = New Zealand location3 = address = Grove Road previous names = Fantasy land (replaced) season = Water rides Summer (September April) [cite web… …

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  • 22splash — /splæʃ / (say splash) verb (t) 1. to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter. 2. to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does. 3. to cause to appear spattered. 4. to dash… …

  • 23splash — [[t]splæʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to wet or soil by dashing water, mud, or the like; spatter 2) to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does 3) to dash (water, mud, etc.) about in scattered masses or particles 4) to dash a… …

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  • 24Splash (fluid mechanics) — In fluid mechanics, a splash is a sudden disturbance to the otherwise quiescent free surface of a liquid (usually water). The disturbance is typically caused by a solid object suddenly hitting the surface, although splashes can occur in which… …

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  • 25splash — verb 1》 make liquid strike or fall on (something) in drops.     ↘(of a liquid) fall or be scattered in drops.     ↘strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about.     ↘(splash down) (of a spacecraft) land on water. 2》 display (a story or …

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  • 26splash — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. spatter or cause (liquid) to spatter in small drops. 2 tr. cause (a person) to be spattered with liquid etc. (splashed them with mud). 3 intr. a (of a person) cause liquid to spatter (was splashing about in the bath). b… …

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  • 27splash around — verb play in or as if in water, as of small children • Syn: ↑dabble, ↑paddle • Hypernyms: ↑play • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s …

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  • 28Splash Crash — A hypothetical, more intense version of the flash crash that occurred on May 6, 2010, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average suddenly dropped by almost 1,000 points then recovered about 600 points within minutes. A splash crash is an extreme… …

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  • 29splash lubrication — noun or splash feed or splash system : lubrication of the parts in a crankcase and cylinder from the splashing about of oil by the crankpin and other moving parts * * * splash lubrication, a lubricating system for an internal combustion engine in …

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  • 30splash — I. verb Etymology: alteration of plash Date: 1715 intransitive verb 1. a. to strike and dash about a liquid or semiliquid substance b. to move in or into a liquid or semiliquid substance and cause it to spatter 2. a. (1) to become spattered a …

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