Definition of Aqueduct

1. Noun. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.

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Generic synonyms: Conduit

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

1. 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. 2. A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. Origin: F. Aqueduc, OF. Aqueduct (Cotgr), fr. L. Aquaeductus; aquae, gen. Of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. See Aqua, Duke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aqueduct

aquatinta
aquatinted
aquatinter
aquatinters
aquatinting
aquatintist
aquatintists
aquatints
aquation
aquations
aquatone
aquatones
aquatourism
aquavit
aquavits
aqueduct (current term)
aqueduct of cerebrum
aqueduct of sylvius
aqueduct veil
aqueductal intubation
aqueducts
aqueductus
aqueductus cerebri
aqueductus cochleae
aqueductus cotunnii
aqueductus fallopii
aqueductus sylvii
aqueductus vestibuli
aqueity

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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