troughlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trough +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

troughlike (comparative more troughlike, superlative most troughlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
    • 2007 July 25, Felicity Barringer, “California Utility Agrees to Buy Power Generated by Solar Array”, in New York Times[1]:
      SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 — Pacific Gas & Electric, Northern California’s major utility, is announcing a commitment on Wednesday to purchase 550 megawatts of solar power to be generated by troughlike arrays of mirrors spread over nine square miles in the Mojave Desert.