Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity.
- noun A bridgelike structure supporting a conduit or canal passing over a river or low ground.
- noun Anatomy A channel or passage in an organ or a body part, especially such a channel for conveying fluid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A conduit or channel for conducting water from one place to another.
- noun In anatomy, same as
aquœductus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
- noun (Anat.) A canal or passage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An artificial
channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another. - noun A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This aqueduct is a narrow canal in the center of the brain through which CSF moves between the third and fourth ventricle (chambers in the brain that produce and store CSF).
Glossary 2010
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Blockage at the aqueduct is assumed when the lateral and third ventricles are enlarged proximal to the obstruction, and the fourth ventricle is relatively small.
Hydrocephalus 2010
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The aqueduct is dry now, having long ago been replaced with a more modern water system with higher capacity.
Biking the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail aka TBTAM 2008
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This easy hike takes about four hours and walking on the aqueduct is interesting.
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This easy hike takes about four hours and walking on the aqueduct is interesting.
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Parts of the Via Appia Antica are closed to traffic on Sundays, and the stretch running south from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, lined with crumbling graves and tall umbrella pines, and parallel to an aqueduct, is one of the finer archaeological walks in the world.
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Parts of the Via Appia Antica are closed to traffic on Sundays, and the stretch running south from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, lined with crumbling graves and tall umbrella pines, and parallel to an aqueduct, is one of the finer archaeological walks in the world.
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Among the ideas: a new binational aqueduct from the Colorado River, co-financed by water-short San Diego County; desalination plants; a series of wells.
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Among the ideas: a new binational aqueduct from the Colorado River, co-financed by water-short San Diego County; desalination plants; a series of wells.
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(Isa 7: 17-25; Isa 8: 6-8), be utterly destroyed (Isa 10: 21, 22). conduit -- an aqueduct from the pool or reservoir for the supply of the city.
pterodactyl commented on the word aqueduct
A quick unscientific survey: Do you say /ækwədʌkt/ or /ɑkwədʌkt/? In other words, does the first vowel rhyme with "yeah" or with "blah"?
I just realized that I use /æ/ for "aqueduct" but /ɑ/ for "aqua", which seems terribly inconsistent of me.
June 30, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word aqueduct
Looks like the new Wordnik font is not kind to IPA symbols. :-(
June 30, 2011
yarb commented on the word aqueduct
My 'a' in both aqua and aqueduct is as in 'cat'.
July 1, 2011
milosrdenstvi commented on the word aqueduct
The classicist in me insists upon 'a' as in 'father' for both.
July 1, 2011
bilby commented on the word aqueduct
I'm with yarb. At least when I'm speaking English not Italian.
July 1, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word aqueduct
Oh, weird--I hadn't thought about it before, but if it's a Roman aqueduct, I'll say it with the "a" in "father," and if there are no Romans in the sentence, I'll say it with the "a" in "cat."
July 1, 2011
reesetee commented on the word aqueduct
"Ah" for me.
July 1, 2011