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Cartesian well

Cartesian well is the misconstruction of artesian well.

Meaning of artesian well

Noun

artesian well (plural artesian wells)

  1. An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
    • “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    artesian spring
  2. A borehole in an artesian basin.

Questions about Cartesian well

What is Cartesian well the misconstruction of?
Cartesian well is the misconstruction of artesian well.

Words near Cartesian well in the dictionary

  1. cartesian products
  2. Cartesian space
  3. Cartesian spaces
  4. Cartesian square
  5. Cartesian squares
  6. Cartesian well
  7. Cartesianism
  8. Cartesians
  9. cartful
  10. cartfuls
  11. Carthage

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