(ˈ)är|tēzhən, (ˈ)ȧ|- adjective
Etymology: French artésien, literally, of Artois, from Old French, from Arteis Artois, region of northern France + Old French -ien -ian; from the wells of this type bored in Artois in the 18th century
: involving, relating to, or supplied by the upward movement of water under hydrostatic pressure in rocks or unconsolidated material beneath the earth's surface
artesian spring
artesian water
artesian pressure
— distinguished from subartesian