drainage
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See also: Drainage
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
drainage (countable and uncountable, plural drainages)
- A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
- 2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 35:
- It should move NR away from previous examples of repairs that have treated the symptoms (fixing the landslip) but not fixed the underlying cause (poor drainage), with the result that a second slip followed.
- A system of drains.
- A downward wind.
- 1960, N. P. Rusin, “The Radiation Balance of the Snow Surface of Antarctica”, in OG Krichak, editor, Scientific Conference on Problems of Meteorology of the Antarctic (Abstracts of Reports)(USSR)., page 29:
- In the forward part of the cyclone, drainage katabasis is checked; but its highest intensity is observed in the rear part of the cyclone.
Derived terms
Translations
removal of fluid
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From English drainage. By surface analysis, drainer + -age.
Pronunciation
Noun
drainage m (plural drainages)
Descendants
Further reading
- “drainage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.