"Senke" meaning in German

See Senke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛŋkə/ Audio: De-Senke.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle High German senke. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|de|gmh|senke|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle High German senke, {{inh+|de|gmh|senke}} Inherited from Middle High German senke Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Senke f (genitive Senke, plural Senken) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Senke [genitive], Senken [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Senke [nominative, singular], Senken [definite, nominative, plural], Senke [genitive, singular], Senken [definite, genitive, plural], Senke [dative, singular], Senken [dative, definite, plural], Senke [accusative, singular], Senken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (geography) well, depression, basin, valley Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Senke-de-noun-kFn1knv- Categories (other): Geography Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  2. (mathematics, physics) sink Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Senke-de-noun-GXi68sFT Categories (other): Mathematics, Physics Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
  3. (graph theory) sink (node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Senke-de-noun-1vHgEmDW Categories (other): Graph theory Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
  4. (electronics) drain (terminal of a field effect transistor) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Senke-de-noun-Sy6JCXjI Categories (other): Electronics, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 30 9 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 19 6 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 18 5 60 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sinken
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