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IMAGINARY WELL [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2005-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

Effect of encountering a boundary on a cone of depression can be simulated using imaginary wells, or "image wells."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Puits fictif symétrique d'un puits réel par rapport à une limite, dans lequel un débit est imposé pour simuler l'effet de la limite sur les influences dans l'aquifère réel.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

An imaginary surface that everywhere coincides with the head of the water in an aquifer.

DEF

An imaginary surface representing the total head of ground water and defined by the level to which water will rise in a well.

OBS

The water table is a particular potentiometric surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Surface imaginaire dont chaque point coïncide avec la charge d'eau dans une formation aquifère.

CONT

La surface piézométrique est le niveau auquel s'élèvera l'eau d'un aquifère artésien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
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Record 3 1994-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematics
CONT

A number is complex when it is made up of two parts, which are called real and imaginary. These terms no longer have any special significance : the two parts of a complex number might as well be called Humpty and Dumpty. Thus 7 + 4i is a complex number with real part 7(Humpty) and imaginary part 4i(Dumpty). The i next to the 4 shows which part of the complex number is imaginary. Every complex number can be represented by a point in the plane; the plane of complex numbers is called the complex plane... The complex plane is an unaccountable infinity of such numbers. Their real parts and their inspima parts can be either positive or negative and either whole numbers or decimal expansions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Plan dont les points sont représentés par des nombres complexes.

PHR

vivre dans un plan complexe.

PHR

plan complexe D'Argand-Gauss.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

A horse with wings a classic as well as an heraldic imaginary creature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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