artesian well

artesian well

English

Noun

artesian well (plural artesian wells)

1. An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.

   Synonym: artesian spring

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”

2. A bore-hole in an artesian basin.

Translations

aquifer

Catalan: pou artesià m Finnish: arteesinen kaivo (fi) Russian: артезиа́нские во́ды f pl (artɛziánskije vódy)

Spanish: pozo artesiano m Tagalog: poso-artesyano Turkish: artezyen kuyusu (tr)

bore-hole

Chinese: Mandarin: 自流井 (zh) (zìliújǐng) French: puits artésien (fr) m German: artesischer Brunnen m

Greek: αρτεσιανό φρέαρ n (artesianó fréar) Japanese: 掘り抜き井戸 (ほりぬきいど, horinuki ido) Portuguese: poço artesiano m Russian: артезиа́нский коло́дец (ru) m (artɛziánskij kolódec), артезиа́нская сква́жина f (artɛziánskaja skvážina)