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==Origin==
French ''réservoir'' (1510 in Middle French with [[reference]] to a [[lake]], pool, or other [[natural]] or man-made reserve of [[water]]; from mid 16th cent. with reference to a store for other substances.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1690]
==Definitions==
*1: a place where something is kept in store: as a : an [[artificial]] [[lake]] where [[water]] is collected and kept in [[quantity]] for use
:b : a part of an apparatus in which a liquid is held
:c : supply, store <a large reservoir of [[educated]] people>
*2: an extra supply : reserve
*3: an [[organism]] in which a [[parasite]] that is pathogenic for some other species lives and multiplies usually without damaging its host.
==Description==
A '''reservoir''' is an [[artificial]] [[lake]] used to store [[water]]. Reservoirs may be created in [[river]] valleys by the construction of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam dam] or may be built by excavation in the ground or by [[conventional]] construction [[techniques]] such as brickwork or cast concrete.
The term reservoir may also be used to describe naturally-occurring underground reservoirs such as those beneath an oil or [[Well|water well].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
French ''réservoir'' (1510 in Middle French with [[reference]] to a [[lake]], pool, or other [[natural]] or man-made reserve of [[water]]; from mid 16th cent. with reference to a store for other substances.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1690]
==Definitions==
*1: a place where something is kept in store: as a : an [[artificial]] [[lake]] where [[water]] is collected and kept in [[quantity]] for use
:b : a part of an apparatus in which a liquid is held
:c : supply, store <a large reservoir of [[educated]] people>
*2: an extra supply : reserve
*3: an [[organism]] in which a [[parasite]] that is pathogenic for some other species lives and multiplies usually without damaging its host.
==Description==
A '''reservoir''' is an [[artificial]] [[lake]] used to store [[water]]. Reservoirs may be created in [[river]] valleys by the construction of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam dam] or may be built by excavation in the ground or by [[conventional]] construction [[techniques]] such as brickwork or cast concrete.
The term reservoir may also be used to describe naturally-occurring underground reservoirs such as those beneath an oil or [[Well|water well].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir]
[[Category: General Reference]]