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Sprinkler system   /sprˈɪŋklər sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Sprinkler system

noun
1.
A system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature.





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... I found still other species that I could grow surprisingly well on surprisingly small amounts of water[—]or none at all. So, the next year, 1992, I set up a sprinkler system to water the intensive raised bed and used the overspray to support species that grew better with some moisture supplementation; I continued using my improvised drip system to help still others, while keeping ...
— Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway • Steve Solomon


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