irrigator

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ir·ri·gate

(ĭr′ĭ-gāt′)

v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates

v.tr.

1. To supply (land or crops) with water by means of pipes, sprinklers, ditches, or streams.

2. To wash out (a body cavity or wound) with water or a medicated fluid.

v.intr.

To irrigate land or crops.

[Latin irrigāre, irrigāt- : in-, in; see in-² + rigāre, to water.]

ir′ri·ga′tion n.

ir′ri·ga′tion·al adj.

ir′ri·ga′tor n.

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Translations

irrigator

(Agr) → Bewässerungsanlage f

(Med) → Spülapparat m, → Irrigator m

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Deep Root Irrigation founder and manager Jeff Ciudaj says the irrigator eliminates loss to evaporation and runoff, prevents fertilizer runoff into creeks and streams, and research indicates it can provide almost six times the saturation at 2 feet of depth compared to a standard drip irrigator.

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Information from the sensors is relayed wirelessly to a central module, which notifies the irrigator via text message when the input water needs to be turned off.

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Murrumbidgee irrigator, Mr Rod Gribble, has been using IrriSAT for three seasons to monitor 20 ha of irrigated wine grapes.

New mail for irrigators: each morning, they receive a text message with site-specific information for each block, which tells them how much water their crop has used, and for how long they need to irrigate to refill the soil profile

The kit includes an irrigator with an offset, custom-molded nozzle and 60 packets of USP-grade sea salt (sodium chloride) and sodium bicar bonate for a buffered, pH-balanced saline solution.

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Panasonic's new irrigator, model EW-DJ10-A, is more compact than its predecessors.

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The irrigator vessels, which hold up to a pint of water, act as funnels, ensuring that the water they hold slowly tickles through the base of the pot and down into the soil.

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At a cost of just R750 ($117) the time saving automatic irrigator allows bigger areas to be cultivated, converting the area's smallholdings from subsistence farms to cash crops.