English Explanatory Dictionary

Atterberg limit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of three basic measures of the critical water contents of a fine-grained soil: its shrinkage limit, plastic limit, and liquid limit.

Word forms

Atterberg limit Atterberg limits

Etymology

Devised in 1911 by Swedish chemist and agronomist Albert Atterberg.

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