Phreatic

//fɹiˈæt.ɪk// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma.

    "1979 [McGraw-Hill], Jacob Bear, Hydraulics of Groundwater, 2007, Dover, page 76, Both ϕ and q vary from point to point within a phreatic aquifer."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to ground water wordnet

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"1979 [McGraw-Hill], Jacob Bear, Hydraulics of Groundwater, 2007, Dover, page 76, Both ϕ and q vary from point to point within a phreatic aquifer."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek stem of φρέαρ (phréar, “well, spring”).

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