Meaning of DRAINAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'dreynij
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| | Definition: | | [n] emptying accomplished by draining |
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| | Synonyms: | | drain |
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| | See Also: | | emptying, evacuation, voidance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Drain"age\, n.
1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also,
that which flows out of a drain.
2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its
streams and rivers.
3. (Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by
which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway
beds, mines, and other works.
4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the
Thames, etc. --Latham.
5. (Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus
or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
{Drainage tube} (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound,
etc., to draw off the discharges.
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| | Definition: | | - The basin (or its area) tributary to a stream.
- The removal of excess surface water or groundwater from an area by means of surface or subsurface drains.
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| | Related Terms: | | air-drying, anhydration, aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cleaning out, clearance, clearing, cupping, defecation, defluxion, dehumidification, dehydration, depletion, desiccation, discharge, discharging cargo, drafting, drain, draining, drawing, drying, drying up, effluence, efflux, effluxion, effusion, egress, elimination, emptying, evacuation, evaporation, excretion, exhalation, exhaust, exhausting, exhaustion, flowoff, gush, insolation, milking, mummification, off-loading, outfall, outflow, outflowing, outpour, outpouring, phlebotomy, pipetting, pumping, removal, runoff, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, unloading, venesection, venting, voidance, voiding, withering |
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