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Definition of Aqueduct
1. Noun. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
Definition of Aqueduct
1. n. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
Definition of Aqueduct
1. Noun. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another. ¹
2. Noun. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aqueduct
1. a water conduit [n -S]
Medical Definition of Aqueduct
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1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aqueduct
Literary usage of Aqueduct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays in the Earlier History of American Corporations by Joseph Stancliffe Davis (1917)
"Lancaster, The Proprietors of the aqueduct in. Plymouth aqueduct ... The Hartford
aqueduct Company. Portsmouth aqueduct, Proprietors of the. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"That a new aqueduct capable of conveying 150,- 000000 gallons of water daily ...
That the wo'rk of constructing this aqueduct and storage reservoir or ..."
3. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"20S, the channel of the aqueduct is widened, and the water runs through an arch
in the bulkhead aa, then passes the screen-frame, a set of guard-gates, ..."
4. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Lastly, between this body and the central gray matter around the Sylvian aqueduct
is a thin lamina of white matter, derived from the upper fillet. ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The aqueduct of Pyrgos, near Constantinople, is a remarkable example of works of
... The other branch of the aqueduct was 300 ft. long, and consisted of ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The aqueduct bridges at Segovia and Tarragona in Spain, the former being 2400
... At Mayence are the .ruins of an aqueduct 16000 feet long, and carried on ..."
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