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  1. sprinkler
    a mechanical device for watering a lawn or garden
    Boy, if I were trying to stay warm, I sure wouldn’t do it by standing out in freezing weather in front of a fan and a sprinkler.
  2. associate
    having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
    Larry Parsons, associate professor at the University of Florida and staff member at the Citrus Research Center in Lake Alfred, says sprinklers are the real key to warmth.
  3. dictate
    determine, order, or control how something is done
    For years, common sense dictated that spraying trees with water during a freeze was a chilly idea.
  4. degree
    a unit of temperature on a specified scale
    Water coming out of sprinklers below the trees on a freezing night starts out warm, about 20 degrees Celsius.
  5. release
    eliminate (a substance)
    As it cools, it releases heat, which rises, warming the trees.
  6. remarkable
    unusual or striking
    Then a remarkable thing happens.
  7. molecular
    relating to the simplest units of an element or compound
    It has to do with molecular organization and so forth.
  8. organization
    distributing persons or things properly or methodically
    It has to do with molecular organization and so forth.
  9. effective
    producing or capable of producing an intended result
    How effective is this?
  10. prevent
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
    Well, orange trees and fruit need to be at or above −2 degrees Celsius to prevent damage.
Created on Tue May 19 13:22:55 EDT 2020 (updated Tue May 19 14:41:08 EDT 2020)

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