ARTESIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does artesian mean? 

• ARTESIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ARTESIAN has 1 sense:

1. (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure

  Familiarity information: ARTESIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTESIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure

Context example:

artesian pressure

Antonym:

subartesian ((of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well)

 Context examples 

Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well, and the big cement tank where Judge Miller’s boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)