[1835–45; irrig(ate) + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, crosshead, ecumenical, hot plate, placement-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'irrigable' in a sentence
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144.96 hectares (28.38% of the lands) are irrigable, but only for special use.
Ridelson Farias de Sousa, Marx Prestes Barbos, Severino Pereira de Sousa Júnior, CíceroPereira Cordão Terceiro Neto, Antônio Nustenil de Lima 2007, 'SOLOS E CLASSES DE TERRAS PARA IRRIGAÇÃO NO MUNICÍPIO DE ITAPORANGA, PB', Revista Caatingahttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237117664018. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Based on dependable flows and irrigation demand, the potential irrigable areas were estimated.
Lanie Alejandro Alejo, Victor B. Ella 2019, 'Assessing the impacts of climate change on dependable flow and potential irrigablearea using the SWAT model. The case of Maasin River watershed in Laguna, Philippines',Journal of Agricultural Engineeringhttps://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/941. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The soil samples, infiltration rate, long time meteorology, conveyance efficiency, irrigable areas and discharge at diversion points were analyzed.
Yadeta Teshome, Birhanu Biazin, Kebede Wolka, Ashenafi Burka 2018, 'Evaluating performance of traditional surface irrigation techniques in Cheleleka watershedin Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia', Applied Water Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-018-0862-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, 49 households in irrigable areas of the three rivers were interviewed and three focus group discussions were held.
Yadeta Teshome, Birhanu Biazin, Kebede Wolka, Ashenafi Burka 2018, 'Evaluating performance of traditional surface irrigation techniques in Cheleleka watershedin Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia', Applied Water Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-018-0862-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)