vadoseadj.

/ˈveɪdəʊs/

/ˈveɪdəʊz/

Etymology: < Latin vadōsus, < vadum shallow piece of water: see -ose suffix¹.

Physical Geography.

Of, pertaining to, or designating underground water occurring above the water-table. Cf. phreatic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > [adjective] > underground

phreatic1891

vadose1894

1894 F. Posepny in Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1893 23 ii. 213 For that part of the subterranean circulation, bounded by the water-level, and called the vadose or shallow underground circulation, the law of a descending movement holds good.

1909 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth IV. xvi. 568 Phreatic explosions. When juvenile hydrogen encounters an unlimited quantity of vadose water, we witness a spectacle such as was presented by Krakatoa in 1883... In this case the effect may have been due to phreatic water in the neighbourhood of the sea, but when phreatic water is confined in the fissures of a limestone formation, the explosion shatters the limestone.

1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Feb. 93/2 Theories of their [sc. caves'] formation are classed as ‘vadose’ or ‘phreatic’ according as it is held that caves are formed above the water-table or below it.

1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 48/2 Of the total amount of underground water, vadose water (water present in soils) accounts for only ·066 × 10¹⁵ cubic meters.

1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 108 (caption) Vadose cave formed by the waters of the Quashies River, Jamaica.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	vadose
释义	vadoseadj. /ˈveɪdəʊs//ˈveɪdəʊz/ Etymology: < Latin vadōsus, < vadum shallow piece of water: see -ose suffix¹. Physical Geography. Of, pertaining to, or designating underground water occurring above the water-table. Cf. phreatic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > [adjective] > underground phreatic1891 vadose1894 1894 F. Posepny in Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1893 23 ii. 213 For that part of the subterranean circulation, bounded by the water-level, and called the vadose or shallow underground circulation, the law of a descending movement holds good. 1909 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth IV. xvi. 568 Phreatic explosions. When juvenile hydrogen encounters an unlimited quantity of vadose water, we witness a spectacle such as was presented by Krakatoa in 1883... In this case the effect may have been due to phreatic water in the neighbourhood of the sea, but when phreatic water is confined in the fissures of a limestone formation, the explosion shatters the limestone. 1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Feb. 93/2 Theories of their [sc. caves'] formation are classed as ‘vadose’ or ‘phreatic’ according as it is held that caves are formed above the water-table or below it. 1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 48/2 Of the total amount of underground water, vadose water (water present in soils) accounts for only ·066 × 10¹⁵ cubic meters. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 108 (caption) Vadose cave formed by the waters of the Quashies River, Jamaica. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1894
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