drainage (redirected from Subsurface drainage)

drain·age  (drnj)

n.

1. The action or a method of draining.

2. A system of drains.

3. Something that is drained off.

4. Medicine The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.

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drainage [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ]

n

1. the process or a method of draining

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a system of watercourses or drains

3. liquid, sewage, etc., that is drained away

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

drainage - emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it drain emptying, evacuation, voidance - the act of removing the contents of something

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drainage

noun sewerage, waste, sewage, seepage The drainage system has collapsed.

Translations

drainage [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ]

A. N

1. [of land] (naturally) → desagüe m; (artificially) → drenaje m; [of lake] → desecación f

2. (= sewage system) → alcantarillado m

B. CPD drainage area, drainage basin N (Geol) → cuenca f hidrográfica
drainage channel N → zanja f de drenaje
drainage tube N (Med) → tubo m de drenaje

drainage [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ] n

[house] (= system) → système m d'écoulement des eaux

[soil] → drainage m, assèchement m
Good drainage is important → Un bon drainage est important. drainage holes
drainage ditch n → fossé m d'écoulement
drainage holes npl (in plant pot) trous permettant à l'eau de s'écouler

drainage

n

(= draining) → Dränage f, → Drainage f; (of land) → Entwässerung f

(= system) → Entwässerungssystem nt; (in house, town) → Kanalisation f

(= sewage) → Abwasser nt

(Geol) → Dränierung f, → Drainierung f (spec), → Entwässerung f

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drainage:

drainage area, drainage basin

n (Geol) → Einzugsgebiet f

drainage channel

n (Build) → Entwässerungsgraben m, → Abzugsgraben m

drainage tube

n (Med) → Drain m, → Drän m

drainage [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ] n (of land, natural) → scolo; (artificial) → drenaggio; (of lake) → prosciugamento; (system of drains) → fognature fpl