manmade canal for carrying water flow
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Aqueduct Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
(n.)
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
aqueduct
\aq"ue*duct\ (&?;), n. [f. aqueduc, of. aqueduct (cotgr.), fr. l. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. see aqua, duke.]
1. a conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
note: 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.
2. (anat.) a canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
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aqueduct bridge
A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
1 a conduit for water; esp: one for carrying a large quantity of flowing water, a structure for conveying a canal over a river or hollow 2: a canal or passage in a part or organ
Noun
1. a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
(hypernym) conduit
(part-meronym) arch
Aqueduct Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
(See also Canal/Ditch) A structure designed to transport domestic or industrial water from a supply source to a distribution point, often by gravity. (DOI3)
By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.Aqueduct Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
a pipe, conduit, or channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity.
Aqueduct Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An aqueduct is a water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water. In modern engineering, the term is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose. In a more restricted use, aqueduct (occasionally water bridge) applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water—instead of a path, road or railway—across a gap. Large navigable aqueducts are used as transport links for boats or ships. Aqueducts must span a crossing at the same level as the watercourses on each end. The word is derived from the Latin ("water") and ("to lead").
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Aqueduct Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
(1) A pipe, conduit, or channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity. (2) A bridge-like structure supporting a conduit or canal passing over a river or low ground.
Aqueduct Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
A channel for the passage of fluid.
A canal between two of the cavities (called the third and fourth ventricles) in the brain through which cerebrospinal fluid passes.
