Definitions for irrigation
ir·ri·ga·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.8 / 6 votes

1. irrigationnoun

   supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

2. irrigationnoun

   (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. irrigationnoun

   The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irrigationnoun

   The act of watering or moistening.

   Etymology: from irrigate.

   Help of ground is by watering and irrigation. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irrigation

   Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. Irrigation helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall. In addition to these uses, irrigation is also employed to protect crops from frost, suppress weed growth in grain fields, and prevent soil consolidation. It is also used to cool livestock, reduce dust, dispose of sewage, and support mining operations. Drainage, which involves the removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given location, is often studied in conjunction with irrigation. There are several methods of irrigation that differ in how water is supplied to plants. Surface irrigation, also known as gravity irrigation, is the oldest form of irrigation and has been in use for thousands of years. In sprinkler irrigation, water is piped to one or more central locations within the field and distributed by overhead high-pressure water devices. Micro-irrigation is a system that distributes water under low pressure through a piped network and applies it as a small discharge to each plant. Micro-irrigation uses less pressure and water flow than sprinkler irrigation. Drip irrigation delivers water directly to the root zone of plants. Subirrigation has been used in field crops in areas with high water tables for many years. It involves artificially raising the water table to moisten the soil below the root zone of plants. Irrigation water can come from groundwater (extracted from springs or by using wells), from surface water (withdrawn from rivers, lakes or reservoirs) or from non-conventional sources like treated wastewater, desalinated water, drainage water, or fog collection. Irrigation can be supplementary to rainfall, which is common in many parts of the world as rainfed agriculture, or it can be full irrigation, where crops rarely rely on any contribution from rainfall. Full irrigation is less common and only occurs in arid landscapes with very low rainfall or when crops are grown in semi-arid areas outside of rainy seasons. The environmental effects of irrigation relate to the changes in quantity and quality of soil and water as a result of irrigation and the subsequent effects on natural and social conditions in river basins and downstream of an irrigation scheme. The effects stem from the altered hydrological conditions caused by the installation and operation of the irrigation scheme. Amongst some of these problems is depletion of underground aquifers through overdrafting. Soil can be over-irrigated due to poor distribution uniformity or management wastes water, chemicals, and may lead to water pollution. Over-irrigation can cause deep drainage from rising water tables that can lead to problems of irrigation salinity requiring watertable control by some form of subsurface land drainage.

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1. irrigation

   Irrigation refers to the artificial process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to support the growth of crops and vegetation. It is often used in areas where rainfall is insufficient or when farming is necessary during dry periods. This process helps to maintain landscapes and replenish depleted soil moisture during dry seasons.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Irrigationnoun

   the act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants

2. Etymology: [L. irrigatio: cf. F. irrigation.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. Irrigation

   Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. Additionally, irrigation also has a few other uses in crop production, which include protecting plants against frost, suppressing weed growing in grain fields and helping in preventing soil consolidation. In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is referred to as rain-fed or dryland farming. Irrigation systems are also used for dust suppression, disposal of sewage, and in mining. Irrigation is often studied together with drainage, which is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Irrigation

   The washing of a body cavity or surface by flowing solution which is inserted and then removed. Any drug in the irrigation solution may be absorbed.

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How to pronounce irrigation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of irrigation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of irrigation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of irrigation in a Sentence

1. John Neilson-Gammon:

   My guess for why temperatures managed to get so hot back then was there was much less surface water with almost no reservoirs in the state of Texas and relatively little irrigation going on.

2. Makarius Mdemu:

   You have to take into account a whole load of geographic, agronomic, and economic factors to make irrigation projects sustainable.

3. Murray Campbell:

   We'd be a dust bowl without irrigation.

4. Simon Maddocks:

   It's come up all around the house but my ability to turn on irrigation systems from my phone in Darwin and the fact that I had neighbors patrolling with fire units, I think we're lucky we got away with a house.

5. Rick Jager:

   The areas include both bus and rail divisions, landscape irrigation, toilets and wash basins and mobile cleaning vehicles, all require the need for metering devices, not only to reduce water use but also for capturing run-off after cleaning and recycling the liquid captured.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=irrigation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Irrigation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=irrigation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irrigation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=irrigation