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  2. Glossary of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    (pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...

  3. Water, energy and food security nexus - Wikipedia

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    The water, energy and food security nexus according to the Food And Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), means that water security, energy security and food security are very much linked to one another, meaning that the actions in any one particular area often can have effects in one or both of the other areas.

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    device (usu. oil or gas-fired) for heating water for central heating or hot water *, "central heating boiler" (US furnace); vessel in which steam is generated; A car (1930s slang) bomb a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive ...

  5. Glossary of fishery terms - Wikipedia

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    Estuary – a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Healthy estuaries can have high rates of biological productivity. Eulittoral zone – another name for the intertidal zone or foreshore, extending from the spring high tide line to the neap low tide line.

  6. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    It literally means "water last water" and refers to "water for washing the hands after meal, grace water". [8]: 138 Its first element, mayim, derives from the Hebrew מים ‎ ['majim] "water". Its second element, vaser, derives from the Middle High German word vaser "water".

  7. Glossary of environmental science - Wikipedia

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    water entitlement - the entitlement, as defined in a statutory water plan, to a share of water from a water source. Water Footprint - the total volume of freshwater that is required in a given period to perform a particular task or to produce the goods and services consumed at any level of the action hierarchy.

  8. Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.

  9. List of restaurant terminology - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of restaurant terminology.A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services.