Cipolletti weir
Cipolletti weir
[chip·ə′led·ē ′wer] (civil engineering)
Trapezoidal weir in which the sides of the notch slope are one horizontal to four vertical; used to measure water flow in open channels, especially streams and rivers.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.