drainage

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English

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Etymology

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From drain +‎ -age.

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Noun

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drainage (countable and uncountable, plural drainages)

  1. 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.
  2. A system of drains.
  3. 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.

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French

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Etymology

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From English drainage. By surface analysis, drainer +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʁɛ.naʒ/ ~ /dʁe.naʒ/
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Noun

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drainage m (plural drainages)

  1. drainage

Descendants

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  • German: Dränage
  • Swedish: dränage

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