artesian

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

ar=te=sian

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective artesian has 1 sense

artesian(a = adj.all) - (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure"

Antonym:

subartesian

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CIDE DICTIONARY

artesian, a. [F. artésien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century.].

Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. [1913 Webster]

Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth.