English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van 'n akwaduk is 'n groot kanaal of pyp wat gebruik word om water van een plek na 'n ander te vervoer, tipies oor 'n lang afstand. Akwadukte kan bo- of ondergronds gebou word, en dit is deur die geskiedenis gebruik om water te vervoer vir 'n verskeidenheid doeleindes, soos besproeiing, openbare watervoorsiening en industriƫle prosesse. Die woord "akwaduk" kom van die Latynse woorde "aqua" (water) en "ductus" (gelei of gelei), wat letterlik "watergeleier" beteken.

Sentence Examples

  1. Beneath the earth, it would join and run alongside the enormous pipes of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, providing a secure fiber-optic link all the way up the pipeline.
  2. Markis could see the enormous tubes of the termination of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
  3. When the fence was done, Alan and I built a metal aqueduct over the driveway to carry water to the urinal through a valve on a fencepost next to the driveway.
  4. More of an aqueduct, the river seldom had much water coursing through it.
  5. A small mill-lade ran in a wooden aqueduct at the other side of the yard, and into this I fell.