What does WATERFALL mean?

Definitions for WATERFALL
ˈwɔ tərˌfɔl, ˈwɒt ər-wa·ter·fall

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. waterfall, fallsnoun

    a steep descent of the water of a river

Wiktionary

  1. waterfallnoun

    A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

  2. waterfallnoun

    A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

  3. waterfallnoun

    Waterfall model

  4. waterfallverb

    To fall like a waterfall.

  5. Etymology: From wætergefeall, compare German Wasserfall, Dutch waterval, Old Norse vatnfall

Wikipedia

  1. Waterfall

    A waterfall is an area where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

ChatGPT

  1. waterfall

    A waterfall is a natural geographical feature where water from a river or stream falls over a steep drop, typically a cliff, resulting in a vertical or nearly vertical descent. This creates a visually impressive spectacle and often leads to the formation of a plunge pool at the bottom. The size of waterfalls can greatly vary, from large, high-flow rate falls to smaller, narrow ones often referred to as cascades.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Waterfallnoun

    a fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract

  2. Waterfallnoun

    an arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall

  3. Waterfallnoun

    a certain kind of neck scarf

Wikidata

  1. Waterfall

    A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WATERFALL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Waterfall is ranked #84748 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Waterfall surname appeared 221 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Waterfall.

    96.3% or 213 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WATERFALL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WATERFALL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of WATERFALL in a Sentence

  1. Benjamin F Sullivan:

    God is discovered entirely through creation - the brilliance of a sunset, the powerful roar of a waterfall, the symphony of sounds you hear in the heart of the forest, or the vastness of space and its countless stars. God is the mastermind behind all matter - every earth shattering scientific discovery and mystery that is yet to be unraveled was dreamed and enacted by God.

  2. Dale Mason:

    The park is designed to go into the evening and that waterfall will do a show changing from waterfall to firefall to lava flow every night, actually, the show may happen multiple times a night.

  3. Adam R. Gwizdala:

    If you go with the flow you'll eventually end up over the waterfall.

  4. Curtis Whitson:

    With one lucky toss, it went right over the waterfall.

  5. Greg Schmidt:

    My dad invited Rudy Kalman to give a lecture at Ames, and when he did, Dad had an epiphany, rudy Kalman had written a paper about a theoretical' linear' solution to estimating a vehicle's location and speed. The problem was that this was a fundamentally' nonlinear' problem ; that's like the difference in complexity between floating down a lazy river and going over a waterfall, where your motion becomes chaotic and unpredictable. My dad then developed the equations for how to solve this nonlinear problem -- a major extension of Kalman's work.

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