CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

  

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CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

Specialty Definition: CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

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Environment

Water removed from available supplies without return to a water resources system, e.g. water used in manufacturing, agriculture, and food preparation. (references)

Geography

The sum of water lost from a given land area during any specific time by transpiration from vegetation(agricultural crops or native vegetation)and building of planttissue, by evaporation from water surfaces, moist soil and snow; and by interception. Source: European Union. (references)
 The conversion of water, whether surface water, soil moisture(both by evaporation)or within plants(by transpiration)into water vapour that is released to the atmosphere. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

Synonym by domain: off-and-on (geography).

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Crosswords: CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

Specialty definitions using "CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE": consumptive-use efficiency. (references)

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Modern Translation: CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

Language Translations for "CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

samlet fordampning (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), evapotranspiration (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), den totale fordampning (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

totale verdamping (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), evapotranspiratie (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kokonaishaihdunta (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evapotranspiraatio (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses). (various references)

   

French

  

consommation d'eau (consumptive use), consommation absolue d'eau (consumptive use), pertes d'eau, evapotranspiration (consumptive use), évapotranspiration. (various references)

   

German

  

Gesamtwasserverlust (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), Gesamtverdunstung (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses), Evapotranspiration (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), aktuelle Verdunstung (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ολική εξάτμισις (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), ολική εξατμισοδιαπνοή (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

   

Italian

  

consumo idrico assoluto (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), perdite complessive (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), evapo-traspirazione (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evapotraspirazione (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onsumptivecay aterway eusay

   

Portuguese

  

evapo-transpiração potencial (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evapotranspiração (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

evapotranspiración (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, water loss), evaporación total (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), agua gastada (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

totalavdunstning (fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water losses), evapotranspiration (consumptive use, evaporation, evapotranspiration, fly-off, total evaporation, total loss, water loss, water losses). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-s-t-t-u-u-v-w"

-5 letters: protectiveness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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