ground water table
1ground-water table — The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration. Also, the surface of an unconfined aquifer [6]. Synonym: water table …
2Water table — Wa ter ta ble 1. (Arch.) A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see {Table}, n., 9), that is, for the table at… …
3water table — water tables N COUNT: usu the N The water table is the level below the surface of the ground where water can be found. Environmentalists say that diverting water from the river will lower the water table and dry out wells …
4ground water, unconfined — Water in an aquifer that has a water table. Synonymous with phreatic ground water [22] …
5water table — water .table n technical the level below the ground where there is water …
6water table — ► NOUN ▪ the level below which the ground is saturated with water …
7water table — n. 1. the level below which the ground is saturated with water 2. Archit. a projecting ledge or molding which throws off rainwater …
8Water table — The water table is the level at which the ground water pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure. It may be conveniently visualized as the surface of the ground water in a given vicinity. It usually coincides with the phreatic surface , but can… …
9water table — 1. The top surface of a body of slowly moving ground water that fills the pore spaces within a rock mass. Above it lies the freely draining vadose zone, and below it lies the permanently saturated phreas. In uniform aquifers, such as sandstone …
10ground water, perched — Unconfined ground water separated from an underlying body of ground water by an unsaturated zone. Its water table is a perched water table. Perched ground water is held up by a perching bed whose permeability is so low that water percolating… …
