artesian

1. 1.

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

   “an artesian well”

   “artesian pressure”

   Antonymssubartesian

Questions about artesian

What does artesian mean?

artesian means "(of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure".

How many syllables are in artesian?

artesian has 3 syllables: ar-te-sian. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˌɑɹˈtiʒən/.

What is the opposite of artesian?

The recorded antonyms are subartesian.

Is artesian a common word?

artesian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with artesian?