Definition of Drainages. Meaning of Drainages. Synonyms of Drainages

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Definition of Drainages

Drainage
Drainage Drain"age, n. 1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain. 2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers. 3. (Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works. 4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. --Latham. 5. (Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc. Drainage tube (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.

Meaning of Drainages from wikipedia

- Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most...
- Tile drainage is a form of agricultural drainage system that removes excess sub-surface water from fields to allow sufficient air space within the soil...
- A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water...
- Integrated drainages were widespread in western North America in the Paleocene and Eocene, and there is evidence of integrated drainages on the surface...
- Incision and drainage (I&D), also known as clinical lancing, are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as...
- A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins....
- digital thoracic drainage systems. Benefits of digital thoracic drainage systems". Nursing Times. 108 (11). Media related to Chest drainage at Wikimedia Commons...
- A drainage equation is an equation describing the relation between depth and spacing of parallel subsurface drains, depth of the watertable, depth and...
- Postural drainage (PD) is the drainage of lung secretions using gravity. It is used to treat a variety of conditions that cause the build-up of secretions...
- Drainage density is a quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin. First described by Robert E. Horton, drainage density is defined...