undershot

As verbs the difference between undershot and undershoot

is that undershot is (undershoot) while undershoot is to shoot not far enough or not well enough.

As an adjective undershot

is (of a waterwheel) powered by water flowing from below.

As adjectives the difference between undershot and undershut

is that undershot is (of a waterwheel) powered by water flowing from below while undershut is closed from beneath.

As a verb undershot

is (undershoot).

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb undershot is

(undershoot).

As an adjective undershot is

(of a waterwheel) powered by water flowing from below.

Backshot is a coordinate term of undershot.

As adjectives the difference between undershot and backshot

is that undershot is powered by water flowing from below while backshot is having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.

As a verb undershot

is past tense of undershoot.

As a verb undershot

is (undershoot).

As an adjective undershot

is (of a waterwheel) powered by water flowing from below.

As a noun breastwheel is

a water wheel where the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting the water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.