Home › Words › D › downwelldownwelldownwell means in the lower part of a well.EtymologyFrom down- + well.adjIn the lower part of a well.e.g.“By measuring downwell and wellhead temperature, wellbore heat losses through the casing to the formation can be measured.” — 1982, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, A Collection of Technical Papers: AIAA/EPRI International Conference on Underground Pumped Hydro and Compressed Air Energy Storage:towards the nearest planet or other gravity well.e.g.“"[...] spend the two weeks after Translator Dlique's funeral on her estate downwell.” — 2014, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword, →ISBN, page 175:advIn the lower part of a well.e.g.“These identification plaques will serve as one aspect of continuing control and are intended to be a long-term indication of a sealed radioactive source downwell.” — 1979, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Annual Report, page 216:toward the nearest planet or other gravity well.e.g.“To be safe, we'll have to go downwell.”nounA vertical shaft or well in which water flows downward.e.g.“The proposed work includes enlarging the basin and installing downwells for percolation.” — 1981, Final Budget of Stanislaus County and Financial Report:Synonym of downwelling.e.g.“Warm-water eddies are downwells and cold-water eddies facilitate vertical mixing rather than induce upwelling.” — 1986, Sea Frontiers, Sea Secrets - Volume 32, page 309:verbTo sink below material of lower density.To penetrate water downward.e.g.“This measurement, as Region 4 stated, has been "commonly used to measure marine turbidity; it does not measure downwelling ambient light."” — 1983, State Waters Resources Control Board, Environmental Impact Report: Amendment of the Water Quality Control Plan, Ocean Waters of California:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.downhole 69% match — Located in the drilled bore of an oil well either underground or undersea. vs downwell →wellside 66% match — The area beside a well. vs downwell →wellbore 66% match — The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well. vs downwell →deepwell 65% match — A bored well controlled by a submersible pump. vs downwell →uphole 65% match — Within the wellbore, towards the top of the hole. vs downwell →wellfield 60% match — A group of wells in an underground reservoir or aquifer. vs downwell →adown 60% match — Down, downward; to or in a lower place. vs downwell →borewell 59% match — A well constructed by boring a vertical hole (often subsequently fitted with a casing). vs downwell →