artesian pressure

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• artesian — adjective (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure an artesian well artesian pressure • Ant: ↑subartesian …   Useful english dictionary

• pressure flow tube —    Gallery with water flowing under pressure including differential gravity head and artesian pressure [20].    Synonyms: (French.) galerie en conduite forcée; (German.) Druckströmungsröhre, Karstgerinne; (Greek.) ypoghion ytnatagogos, ypopiesin; …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Artesian — Ar*te sian, a. [F. art[ e]sien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century.] Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. [1913 Webster] {Artesian wells}, wells made by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Artesian wells — Artesian Ar*te sian, a. [F. art[ e]sien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century.] Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. [1913 Webster] {Artesian wells}, wells… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• artesian well — [är tē′zhən] n. [Fr artésien, lit., of ARTOIS (OFr Arteis), where such wells were bored] a well drilled deep enough to reach water that is draining down from higher surrounding ground above the well so that the pressure will force a flow of water …   English World dictionary

• Artesian aquifer — See Great Artesian Basin for the water source in Australia. An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing groundwater that will flow upwards through a well without the need for pumping. Water may even spurt out of the ground if the natural …   Wikipedia

• artesian well — a well in which water rises under pressure from a permeable stratum overlaid by impermeable rock. [1855 60] * * *       a man made spring from which water flows under natural pressure without pumping. It is dug or drilled wherever a gently… …   Universalium

• artesian well — UK [ɑː(r)ˌtiːzɪən ˈwel] / US [ɑrˌtɪʒɪən ˈwel] noun [countable] Word forms artesian well : singular artesian well plural artesian wells a place where natural pressure under the ground forces water to the earth s surface …   English dictionary

• Pressure — This article is about pressure in the physical sciences. For other uses, see Pressure (disambiguation). Pressure as exerted by particle collisions inside a closed container …   Wikipedia

• artesian well — noun a) An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure. b) A bore hole in an artesian basin …   Wiktionary

• artesian flow —    Flow through a confined aquifer where the elevation of the overlying aquiclude is locally depressed so that the entire aquifer is saturated and the flow is under hydrostatic pressure.    Some maze cave development in cavernous limestones may… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology