Well
Encyclopedia
Structures
- Water wellWater wellA water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...
, an artificial excavation, hole or structure for the purpose of withdrawing water - Oil wellOil wellAn oil well is a general term for any boring through the earth's surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually some natural gas is produced along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce mainly or only gas may be termed a gas well.-History:The earliest...
, a hole drilled through the Earth's surface for the purpose of extracting petroleum oil - Gas well, a relatively minor variation of an oil well
- Salt wellSalt wellA salt well is used to mine salt from subterranean caverns or deposits by the use of water as a solution to dissolve the salt or halite deposits so that they can be extracted by pipe to an evaporation process that results in a brine or dry product for sale or use...
, or brine well, used to mine salt - Air well (condenser)Air well (condenser)An air well or aerial well is a structure or device that collects water by promoting the condensation of moisture from air. Designs for air wells are many and varied, but the simplest designs are completely passive, require no external energy source and have few, if any, moving parts.Three...
, a structure or device designed to promote the condensation of atmospheric moisture
Other uses
- The WELLThe Well- Titled works :* The Well , 1986 novel by Elizabeth JolleyMusical albums:* The Well , by Waking Ashland* The Well, 2001, by Jennifer Warnes* The Well, a song from the "Come to the Well" album by christian group Casting Crowns...
, originally Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, a virtual community - Well (play)Well (play)Well is a play about illness written by and starring Lisa Kron. Well made its world premier at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York City in 2004. The play was directed by Leigh Silverman and also starred Jayne Houdyshell as Lisa's mother, Ann Kron. The Public Theater production garnered...
, a play by Lisa Kron - "The Well", a nickname for the Scottish football team Motherwell F.C.Motherwell F.C.Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...
- A single well of a microtiter plateMicrotiter plateA Microtiter plate or microplate or microwell plate, is a flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes. The microplate has become a standard tool in analytical research and clinical diagnostic testing laboratories...
, used in chemistry and biochemistry - The well of the court, part of the courtroomCourtroomA courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole.-Courtroom design:-United States:...
is some countries
See also
- WELL (disambiguation)
- Wells (disambiguation)Wells (disambiguation)Wells is a cathedral city in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.Wells may also refer to:-Places:Canada*Wells, British ColumbiaUnited Kingdom* Wells railway station was a railway station in Wells, Somerset...
- The Well (disambiguation)