ARTESIAN


Meaning of ARTESIAN in English

[ α :'ti:zɪən , -ʒ(ə)n ]

■ adjective relating to or denoting a well that is bored perpendicularly into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that water is supplied by natural pressure.

Origin

C19: from Fr. artésien , 'from Artois ', a region in France.

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