moisture equivalent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A measure of field capacity for fine-textured soil materials, defined as the percentage of water which a soil can retain in opposition to a centrifugal force 1,000 times that of gravity.

Word forms

moisture equivalent moisture equivalents
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