GC: n
CT: The term ‘Aquifuge‘ as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ‘ In hydrologic terms, a geologic formation which has no interconnected openings and cannot hold or transmit water.’
S: http://www.teachmefinance.com/Scientific_Terms/Aquifuge.html#ixzz3Ezh18Bc (last access: 2 October 2014)
N: 1. Latin aqui-, comb. form of aqua “water” (see aqua-), and –fuge, word-forming element meaning “that which drives away or out,” from Modern Latin –fugus, with sense from Latin fugare “to put to flight,” but form from Latin fugere “to flee.”
2. Geological formation which has no interconnected openings and hence cannot store or transmit water.
3. An impermeable body of rock; a rock with no interconnected openings and thus lacking the ability to absorb and transmit water.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=aqui&searchmode=none; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=fuge&searchmode=none (last access: 3 October 2014). 2. GDT. 3. TERMIUMPLUS.
SYN: impermeable formation
S: GDT
