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INJECTION WELL

Specialty Definition: INJECTION WELL

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

An inverted well installed for the purpose of increasing the ground-water supply by conducting surface water into an aquifer. Source: European Union. (references)

Environment

A well into which fluids are injected for purposes such as waste disposal, improving the recovery of crude oil, or solution mining. (references)

Hydrologic

Refers to a well constructed for the purpose of injecting treated wastewater directly into the ground. Wastewater is generally forced (pumped) into the well for dispersal or storage into a designated aquifer. Injection wells are generally drilled into aquifers that don't deliver drinking water, unused aquifers, or below freshwater levels. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: INJECTION WELL

Specialty definitions using "INJECTION WELL": Area of Review. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: INJECTION WELL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

injection well

36
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: INJECTION WELL

Language Translations for "INJECTION WELL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

nedsivningsbroend (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

injectieput (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), verdeelput (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), omgekeerde put (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), aanvullingsput (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

imeytyskaivo (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

French

  

puits d'alimentation (inverted well). (various references)

   

German

  

Verteilungsbrunnen (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), Verteiler-Brunnen (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), umgekehrter Brunnen (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), Einleitungsbrunnen (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), Anreicherungsbrunnen (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φρέαρ εμπλουτισμού (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), απορροφητικόν φρέαρ (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pozzo di ravvenamento (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), pozzo a dispersione (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

injectionay ellway

   

Portuguese

  

poço de recarga (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), poço de injecção (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pozo invertido (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), pozo de inyección (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), pozo de alimentación (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), pozo de absorción (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well), pozo absorbente (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

infiltrationsbrunn (diffusing well, diffusion well, inverted well, recharge well, recharging basin, soakaway, sump). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: INJECTION WELL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-i-j-l-l-n-n-o-t-w"

-3 letters: centillion.

-4 letters: injection.

-5 letters: ejection, election, lenition, lenticel, neotenic, nicotine, nonelect, nonelite.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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