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Webster 1913 Edition
Irrigation
Irˊri-ga′tion
,Noun.
[L.
irrigatio
: cf. F. irrigation
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Irrigation
IRRIGA'TION
,Noun.
1.
In agriculture, the operation of causing water to flow over lands for nourishing plants.Definition 2025
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English
Noun
irrigation (countable and uncountable, plural irrigations)
- 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.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up. […] You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”
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Derived terms
Translations
The act or process of irrigating
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