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Definition of Irrigation
1. Noun. Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc.
2. Noun. (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution.
Generic synonyms: Medical Aid, Medical Care
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Irrigate
Definition of Irrigation
1. n. 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.
Definition of Irrigation
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irrigation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Irrigation
1. Washing by a stream of water or other fluid. Origin: L. Irrigatio, rigare = to carry water This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrigation
Literary usage of Irrigation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Kng Rec 67:510-1, 529-30 My 10 '13 Cost of reclamation service and other irrigation
projects in Colorado. J: K. Field. Eng N 70:348-55 Ag 21 '13 Unestimated ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"The beginnings of irrigation in Cal.; suggestion that it would be good policy for
... Reclamation and irrigation in state: encouragement of immigration, ..."
3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"You 'aly wen aware that the Government of gh they have not succeeded in im- e
general modes of agriculture, have yet i great works of irrigation, ..."
4. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"irrigation WATER SUPPLY the Reclamation Service, discussing results thus far.
... Brief illustrated account of the large irrigation projects in arid areas ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Special effort has been made all through the book to broaden ideas of general
soil management, even where neither irrigation nor drainage is practiced. ..."
6. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Kng Rec 67:510-1, 529-30 My 10 '13 Cost of reclamation service and other irrigation
projects in Colorado. J: K. Field. Eng N 70:348-55 Ag 21 '13 Unestimated ..."
7. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"The beginnings of irrigation in Cal.; suggestion that it would be good policy for
... Reclamation and irrigation in state: encouragement of immigration, ..."
8. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"You 'aly wen aware that the Government of gh they have not succeeded in im- e
general modes of agriculture, have yet i great works of irrigation, ..."
9. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"irrigation WATER SUPPLY the Reclamation Service, discussing results thus far.
... Brief illustrated account of the large irrigation projects in arid areas ..."
10. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Special effort has been made all through the book to broaden ideas of general
soil management, even where neither irrigation nor drainage is practiced. ..."
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