Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An impermeable body of rock or stratum of sediment that acts as a barrier to the flow of water.
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- noun A
solid ,impermeable area underlying or overlying anaquifer .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[aqui– + Latin claudere, clūdere, to close, probably on the model of aquifer.]
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Examples
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The zone of saturation occurs because water infiltrating the soil reaches an impermeable layer of rocks so that it is not able to penetrate any further into the earth (this impermeable layer is known as an “aquitard” or “aquiclude”).
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