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puddle
A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.
A puddle is generally shallow enough to walk through, and too sma ...
is a small accumulation of liquid on a surface.
Puddle or Puddles may also refer to:
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Puddle, Cornwall, hamlet in England
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''Puddle'' (video game)
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Puddle (M. C. Escher)
''Puddle'' is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in February 1952.
Since 1936, Escher's work had become primarily focused on paradoxes, tessellation
A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often ...
, a woodcut by M. C. Escher
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welding
Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by using high heat to melt the parts together and allowing them to cool, causing fusion. Welding is distinct from lower temperature techniques such as bra ...
process
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rowing
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
, an oval patch of disturbed water indicative of rowing skill
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Puddle clay, a type of waterproof cement
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Puddle of Mudd
Puddle of Mudd is an American rock band formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1992. To date, the band has sold over seven million albums and has had a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut '' C ...
, an American post-grunge band
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The Puddle, the New Zealand music group
* Puddles the Clown, the stage name of
Mike Geier
Michael Geier (born March 12, 1965), known as Big Mike Geier, is a singer, actor, and entertainer based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Geier has garnered international fame through his most critically acclaimed act: a Pagliacci-type clown alter ego n ...
, and the associated band Puddles Pity Party
Puddling may refer to:
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Puddling (agriculture), wet tillage of rice paddies to prepare them for rice planting
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Puddling (biology), the process by which butterflies extract nutrients from damp surfaces
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Puddling (civil engineering)
Puddling is both the material and the process of lining a water body such as a channel or pond with puddle clay (puddle, puddling) – a watertight (low hydraulic conductivity) material based on clay and water mixed to be workable.
Puddle clay as ...
, a method for producing waterproof puddle or lining an existing area with puddle clay
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Puddling (metallurgy)
Puddling is the process of converting pig iron to bar (wrought) iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace. It was developed in England during the 1780s. The molten pig iron was stirred in a reverberatory furnace, in an oxidizing environment, ...
, an obsolete method for purifying pig iron
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Puddling furnace
Puddling is the process of converting pig iron to bar (wrought) iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace. It was developed in England during the 1780s. The molten pig iron was stirred in a reverberatory furnace, in an oxidizing environment, ...
, a metalmaking technology to create wrought iron from the pig iron produced in a blast furnace
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