Look up: drainage

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   Drainage
   How water moves through the soil. A real important factor for most plants and gardens. In general water should move through the soil whether in a garden or in a container somewhat easily. If there is standing water create better drainage by adding non-porous material.
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   Drainage
   Improving the productivity of agricultural land by removing excess water from the soil by such means as ditches or subsurface drainage tiles.
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   drainage
   elimination of accumulated water from wetlands by canalisation (subsurface drainage) of from the ground (surface drainage), usually for environmental and agricultural improvement Category: Management in the public and private sector • the systematic withdrawal of fluids and discharges from a wound,sore,or cavity Category: Medicine • thickening on a wire Category: Various...
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   Drainage
   Drain'age noun 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. (Engineering) 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 ...
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   drainage
   <surgery> The systematic withdrawal of fluids and discharges from a wound, sore or cavity. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Drainage
   `Drainage` is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. Many agricultural soils need drainage to improve production or to manage water supplies.
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   drainage
   (drān´әj) systematic withdrawal of fluids and discharges from a wound, sore, or cavity.
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   Drainage
   • (n.) The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers. • (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works. • (n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc. • (n.) Area o...
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   drainage
   in agriculture, the artificial removal of water from land; drainage is employed in the reclamation of wetlands, in the prevention of erosion, and as ... [6 related articles]
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    drainage
    the systematic withdrawal of fluids and discharges from a wound, sore or cavity.
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    Drainage
    The process of removing surplus ground or surface water either by artificial means or by gravity flow.
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    drainage
    Conduction of electric current from an underground metallic structure by means of a metallic conductor. Forced drainage is that applied to underground metallic structures by means of an applied electromotive force or sacrificial anode. Natural drainage is that from an underground structure to a more negative (more anodic) structure, such as the neg..
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    Drainage
    The interception and removal of water from, on, or under an area or roadway; the process of removing surplus ground or surface water artificially; a general term for gravity flow of liquids in conduits.
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    drainage
    drainage, in agriculture, the removal of excess water from the soil, either by a system of surface ditches, or by underground conduits if required by soil conditions and land contour. Diesel or centrifugal pumps are sometimes used to drain large areas. Drainage was practiced in the Nile basin c.400 ...
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    drainage
    drainage, in mining, removal of water seeping into shafts and other underground mine workings from the surrounding ground. Unless seeping water is removed continually, it may endanger haulage and mining equipment, weaken supporting structures, and, in some instances, flood the mine completely. Water...
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