cfs
cubic feet per second.
cfs
1 American
CFS
2
American
CFS
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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It’s only the sixth time in the dam’s 78-year operating history that the spillway has been opened, the first being in 1975, which set the previous release record of 35,000 cfs.
From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2018
Flows at Pitt are 1,710 cfs, over double the long-term average of 725 cfs for this date.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2016
Flows at Aerial are a high 11,100 cfs, nearly five time the average of 2,660 cfs for this date.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2016
Unable to keep pace with inflows, the Saskatchewan dams increased their releases to 8,472 cfs, much more than Minot or Lake Darling could hope to handle.
From Washington Times • May 29, 2016
Egg of Phryganea somewhat more advanced.—b, mandibles; c, maxillæ; cfs, rudiments of the three pairs of legs.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir
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