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aquifer Geol.|ˈækwɪfə(r)|
Also aquafer (irreg. form).
[f. L. aqui-, combining form of aqua water + -fer bearing (f. ferre to bear).]
A water-bearing or aquiferous stratum.
1901Science 22 Nov. 794/1 The artesian system shows four or five aquifers, or water-bearing strata, more or less completely separated from one another. 1939Nature 12 Aug. 274/2 The limestones are important aquifers for artesian and subartesian water. 1962Engineering 9 Mar. 332 The whole system of aquifer storage can be likened to a U-gauge with one open limb and a short closed limb. 1966Listener 1 Sept. 309/2 There are only two methods of [water] storage: in surface reservoirs and in the aquifers from which we pump a part of our supplies. |