different between inundation vs waterflood
inundation
English
Etymology
From Old French inundacion (“flood”) (French inondation), from Latin inundatio (“flood”), form of inund? (“I flood, overflow”) (English inundate).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
inundation (countable and uncountable, plural inundations)
- The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- The state of being inundated; flooding
- (figuratively) An overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx
- There is an inundation of tourists in summer, but in winter the town is almost deserted.
Related terms
- inundate
Translations
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waterflood
English
Etymology
From Middle English waterrflod, from Old English wæterfl?d, equivalent to water +? flood.
Noun
waterflood (plural waterfloods)
- An inundation of water.
Verb
waterflood (third-person singular simple present waterfloods, present participle waterflooding, simple past and past participle waterflooded)
- To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil.
- We will waterflood the well in order to obtain the remaining oil.
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080306040843/http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=waterflood
Anagrams
- floodwater
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