Tainter gate

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Tainter gate [′tān·tər ‚gāt]

(civil engineering)

A spillway gate whose face is a section of a cylinder; rotates about a horizontal axis on the downstream end of the gate and can be closed under its own weight. Also known as radial gate.

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