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drip irrigation
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noun
a system of crop irrigation involving the controlled delivery of water directly to individual plants through a network of tubes or pipes.
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Also called trickle irrigation.
Origin of drip irrigation
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby drip irrigation
drip cap, drip coffee, drip-dry, drip-feed, drip grind, drip irrigation, dripless, drippage, drip painting, drip pan, dripping
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How to use drip irrigation in a sentence
These companies have produced everything from cutting-edge drip irrigation strategies that conserve water to industrial-scale desalination and ways to suck water out of thin air.