AQUEDUCTS

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Aqueducts

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AQUEDUCTS — ➡ canals
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AQUEDUCTS — Aqueducts
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WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM — Facilities for the collection, treatment, storage, and distribution of water. Ancient systems included wells, storage reservoirs, aqueducts , and water-distribution …
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SÜLEYMAN I — or Süleyman the Magnificent born November 1494?/April 1495? died Sept. 5/6, 1566, near Szigetvár, Hung. Ottoman sultan (r. 1520–66). He …
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STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
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MILITARY ENGINEERING — Art and practice of designing and building military works and of building and maintaining lines of military transport and communications. …
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HEROD — I known as Herod the Great born 73 BC died March/April, 4 BC, Jericho, Judaea Roman-appointed king of Judaea (37–4 …
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FRONTINUS, SEXTUS JULIUS — born AD 35 died 103 Roman governor of Britain and author of a work on the waters of the city …
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CONTROL SYSTEM — Means by which a set of variable quantities is held constant or caused to vary in a prescribed way. Control …
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COFFERDAM — Watertight enclosure from which water is pumped to expose the bed of a body of water in order to permit …
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BOSTRA — modern Buṣra al-Shām Ruined city, southwestern Syria. Lying south of Damascus , it was first a Nabataean city and was …
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AQUEDUCT — Conduit built to carry water from its source to a main distribution point. Ancient Rome's aqueduct system, an extraordinary feat …
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SOURCE — I. ˈsō(ə)rs, ˈsȯ(ə)rs, ˈsōəs, ˈsȯ(ə)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sours, from Middle French sors, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATERWORK — (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for …
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RESERVOIR — (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use …
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PREFECT — (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; …
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WATERWORK — ( n. ) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RESERVOIR — ( n. ) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PREFECT — ( n. ) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM — arrangement for transporting water from areas of abundance to an area of shortage. This includes works for the collection, transmission, …
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CIVIL ENGINEERING — the profession of designing and executing structural works that serve the general public. Civil engineering is a form of human …
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ARCH — in architecture and civil engineering, a curved member that is used to span an opening and to support loads from …
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AQUEDUCT — man-made conduit for carrying water (Latin aqua, water, and ducere, to lead). In a more restricted sense, aqueducts are structures …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: ARCHITECTURE — Bridges (For Notable Civil Engineering Projects, see Table.) Repairs, renovations, and rehabilitations gained prominence in 1997 as bridges throughout the …
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FRONTINUS, SEXTUS JULIUS — born AD 35 died c. 103 Roman soldier, governor of Britain, and author of the De aquis urbis Romae (Concerning …
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ANIENE RIVER — also called Teverone, Latin Anio, major tributary of the Tiber (Tevere) River in central Italy. It rises from two springs …
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AQUEDUCT — ( aqueducts) 1. An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AQUEDUCT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB build ▪ If they can build aqueducts you'd think they could engineer a wallet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM — Facilities for the collection, treatment, storage, and distribution of water. Ancient systems included wells, storage reservoirs, canals and aqueducts , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT (CVP) (CALIFORNIA) — A multipurpose water project developed mainly by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), extending from the Cascade Range on the …
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JERUSALEM — (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46' 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18' 30" east …
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