SEMI-CONFINED AQUIFER

Meaning of SEMI-CONFINED AQUIFER in English

A completely saturated aquifer that is bounded above by a semi-pervious layer, which has a low, though measurable permeability, and below by a layer that is either impervious or semi impervious.

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SEMI — semi- [occurring in compounds] semi- (= half)
Interlingua English vocab
CONFINED — adjective Date: 1772 undergoing childbirth
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AQUIFER — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aqua + -fer Date: 1901 a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AQUIFER — In hydrology, a rock layer or sequence that contains water and releases it in appreciable amounts. The rocks contain water-filled …
Английский словарь Британика
SEMI — I. ˈsemē, -mi noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, short for semi bejanus semibejan, from Latin semi- + New …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEMI- — in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ . |semē or |seˌmī or |semi or ( usu not before vowels ) |semə prefix Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONFINED — kənˈfīnd adjective Etymology: from past participle of confine : kept in confines ; often : in childbed : in the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AQUIFER — noun also aq·ua·fer ˈakwəfə(r) ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aqui- or aqua + -fer : a water-bearing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONFINED — (imp. & p. p.) of Confine
Английский словарь Webster
CONFINED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Confine
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONFINED — — confinedly /keuhn fuy"nid lee, -fuynd"lee/ , adv. — confinedness , n. /keuhn fuynd"/ , adj. 1. limited or restricted. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AQUIFER — /ak"weuh feuhr/ , n. any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, esp. one that supplies the water for wells, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONFINED — n. convict serving a sentence
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CONFINED — adj. constricted, restrained; limited, bound; referring to a small or tight area or space
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AQUIFER — n. underground stratum of rock or gravel which holds water (supplies water for springs, wells, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SEMI- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Latin; akin to Old High German sāmi- half, Greek hēmi- 1. a. : precisely half …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONFINED — adjective Date: 1772 : undergoing childbirth
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AQUIFER — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aqua + -fer Date: 1901 : a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONFINED — impf & ·p.p. of confine.
Webster English vocab
CONFINED — ■ adjective (of a space) enclosed; cramped.
Concise Oxford English vocab
AQUIFER — [ 'akwɪfə ] ■ noun a body of permeable rock able to hold or transmit water. Origin early 20th cent.: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SEMI- — [semi-] prefix [ME, fr. L; akin to OHG sami- half, Gk hemi-] 1 a: precisely half of: (1): forming a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEMI — [semi] n, pl sem.is [short for semidetached] (1912) chiefly Brit: a semidetached house [2]semi n, pl sem.is (1942): semitrailer [3]semi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CONFINED — [con.fined] adj (1772): undergoing childbirth
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AQUIFER — [aqui.fer] n [NL, fr. L aqua + -fer] (1901): a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel -- aquif.er.ous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AQUIFER — in hydrology, rock layer that contains water and releases it in appreciable amounts. The rock contains water-filled pore spaces, and, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEMI — semi BrE AmE ˈsem i -aɪ ▷ semi|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AQUIFER — aquifer BrE AmE ˈæk wɪf ə -wəf- AmE \ - ə r ▷ aquifer|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEMI — / ˈsemi; NAmE / noun ( pl. semis ) 1. ( BrE , informal ) a semi-detached house (= one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFINED — / kənˈfaɪnd; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ] ( of a space or an area ) small and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AQUIFER — / ˈækwɪfə(r); NAmE / noun ( geology ) a layer of rock or soil that can absorb and hold water …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI- — semi- /semi/ BrE AmE prefix [ Language: Latin ] 1 . exactly half: a semicircle 2 . partly but not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI — sem ‧ i /ˈsemi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural semis ) [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: semi-detached …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONFINED — con ‧ fined AC /kənˈfaɪnd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ confinement , ↑ confines ; verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI- — prefix 1 half (semicircle). 2 partly; in some degree or particular (semi-official; semi-detached). 3 almost (a semi-smile). 4 occurring or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. [abbr.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AQUIFER — n. Geol. a layer of rock or soil able to hold or transmit much water. [L aqui- f. aqua water …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. [ abbr. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AQUIFER — n. Geol. a layer of rock or soil able to hold or transmit much water. [ L aqui- f. aqua …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1. Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. Etymology: abbr.
Oxford English vocab
AQUIFER — n. Geol. a layer of rock or soil able to hold or transmit much water. Etymology: L aqui- f. aqua …
Oxford English vocab
SEMI- — Semi- combines with adjectives and nouns to form other adjectives and nouns that describe someone or something as being partly, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI — ( semis) 1. A semi is a semi-detached house. ( BRIT INFORMAL ) N-COUNT 2. In a sporting competition, the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFINED — 1. If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AQUIFER — ( aquifers) In geology, an aquifer is an area of rock underneath the surface of the earth which absorbs and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFINED — 1. If something is ~ to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is ~ to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AQUIFER — (~s) In geology, an ~ is an area of rock underneath the surface of the earth which absorbs and holds …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SEMI — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Phebus beat Stanford's Ania Blezynski in the semis. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Leicester won …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONFINED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a confined/enclosed space (= small and enclosed ) ▪ It was difficult being together in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEMI — (COMPETITION) [noun] [C] [plural] semis - informal for semi-final, see at semi- (HALF)You did very well to make it to …
Cambridge English vocab
AQUIFER — n. In hydrology, a rock layer or sequence that contains water and releases it in appreciable amounts. The rocks contain …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CONFINED — Synonyms and related words : angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, authoritative, barred, bedfast, bedridden, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, bounded, boxed …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEMI
Slang English vocab
CONFINED — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: CRAMPED , cramp, incommodious, squeezy, ||tucked up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CONFINED — adjective Synonyms: cramped , cramp, incommodious, squeezy, ||tucked up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONFINED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SEMI — noun Semi is used before these nouns: ↑ trailer , ↑ truck
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONFINED — adj. Confined is used with these nouns: ↑ quarter , ↑ space
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONFINED — n. 25B6; adjective CRAMPED, constricted, restricted, limited, small, narrow, compact, tight, poky, uncomfortable, inadequate. roomy.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEMI — /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ A spoken abbreviation for semicolon. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi semi star" means that the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
AQUIFER — A geologic sub-surface formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated, permeable material to yield …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SEMI — 1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is ;;* …
Jargon File English vocabulary
AQUIFER — A subsurface permeable geologic formation which contains water.
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
AQUIFER — Underground source of water
Environmental Economics English Glossary

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