Step 2. Determine the output of your sprinklers. Set out 6 or more straight sided containers of. the same type, spaced evenly on the lawn. Empty tuna cans, cat food cans, or coffee mugs work well. Turn on the sprinklers for 20 minutes and use a ruler to measure (in inches) the depth of water in. each can. Now determine the average depth in all of the cans. Multiply the average depth by 3 to. determine how many inches of water your sprinkler system applies per hour.
deferment period. The period following the issue of a security during which it cannot be called by the issuer. Also called deferred call period, period of call protection, preferred call period. See also call protection.
A deferred sentence is a period of incarceration in jail or prison, deferred to a future date. Usually, if the accused does everything he is ordered to do by the court, the sentence is vacated before he serves the time.However, if he goofs up, he will serve the time the court ordered originally. deferred prosecution or deferred dismissal generally means a person was put on a first offender's program, given some conditions or things to do as part of the program, then told that if they complete the conditions, then the charge would be dismissed.