1) Ancient invention 2) Animated series villain 3) Conduit 4) Flume 5) Indie pop group from Oklahoma 6) Queens racetrack 7) Roman water conduit 8) Site of triple dead heat 9) Water channel 10) Water conduit
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1) Biga 2) Conduit 3) Main 4) Oval
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A system of pipes and channels which brings clean water into towns
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• (n.) A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water. • (n.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
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man-made conduit for carrying water (Latin aqua, `water,` and ducere, `to lead`). In a more restricted sense, aqueducts are structures used to ... [6 related articles]
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A man-made channel built to carry water from one location to another.
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A channel, cut into the ground or raised in a chute, to carry water (Latin aqua-) from a source, via zigzags and following a slightly sloping downward path (to keep it moving) to a point of dispersal, usually for drinking. The distance of aqueducts may vary substantially. These are common for Roman forts, e.g. Great Chesters, Northumberland and at ...
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1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water. ... The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge. ... 2. <anatomy> A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct o...
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(ak´wә-dukt″) any canal or passage. cerebral aqueduct a narrow channel in the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles and containing cerebrospinal fluid. cochlear aqueduct a small canal that interconnects the scala tympani with the s...
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A system of pipes and channels which brings clean water into towns
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(Learning Modules / Mathematics / Bridges) A channel carrying water from its source (a lake or spring) to where it is needed. The gradient of an aqueduct has to be extraordinarily constant (typically to within 10cm per km of aqueduct) for the flow to be reliable.
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An artificial channel for carrying water over a long distance as a system of pipes and channels to supply clean water to Roman cities or towns. Frontinus, a 1st century AD water commissioner, estimated that, every 24 hours, aqueducts supplied 1,000 million litres of water to Rome. Throughout the Empire, 500 miles of aqueducts were built. The Romans…...
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Aq'ue·duct noun [ French
aqueduc , Old French
aqueduct (Cotgr.), from Latin
aquaeductus ;
aquae , gen. of
aqua water +
ductus a leading,
ducere to lead. See
Aqua ,
Duke .]
1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for con...
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Aqueduct: A channel for the passage of fluid.
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An aqueduct is a channel in which water flows by gravity.
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An aqueduct is an artificial channel or conduit for the conveyance of water from one place to another: more particularly the term is applied to structures for conveying water from distant sources for the supply of large cities. Aqueducts were extensively used by the Romans, and many of them still remain in different places on the Continent of Europ...
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aqueduct 1. An artificial channel for the conveyance or conducting of water from place to place; a conduit; especially, an elevated structure of masonry used for this purpose. 2. A bridgelike structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river. 3. In physiology, a name given to several small canals through which liquids...
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A channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity. See also: Water.
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noun a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
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Click images to enlargeAny artificial channel or conduit for water, originally applied to water supply tunnels, but later used to refer to elevated structures of stone, wood, or iron carrying navigable canals across valleys. One of the first great aqueducts was built in 691 BC, carrying water for 80 km/50 mi to Nineva...
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Latin aqua = water, and ductus = drawn or led off, hence a channel for conducting fluid, e.g. the cerebral aqueduct of the midbrain, which transmits fluid from the 3rd to the 4th ventricle.
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a pipe, conduit, or channel designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity.
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· a conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity. · a bridgelike structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river.
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a conduit that carries water over a valley
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a conduit that carries water over a valley
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