artesian pressure
1artesian — adjective (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure an artesian well artesian pressure • Ant: ↑subartesian …
2pressure 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; …
3Artesian — 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… …
4Artesian 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… …
5artesian 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 …
6Artesian 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 …
7artesian 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… …
8artesian 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 …
9Pressure — 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 …
10artesian 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 …
