Definition of Moisture
1. Noun. Wetness caused by water. "Drops of wet gleamed on the window"
Generic synonyms: Wetness
Derivative terms: Moisten, Moisturise, Moisturize, Wet, Wet
Definition of Moisture
1. n. A moderate degree of wetness.
Definition of Moisture
1. condensed or diffused liquid [n -S]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Moisture
Literary usage of Moisture
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1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"AN ARTIFICIAL ROOT FOR INDUCING CAPILLARY MOVEMENT OF SOIL moisture. THE rate at
which a plant is able to secure water from a soil, under any given ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"Determination of moisture.—As regards the determination of moisture, the common
practice in this country is to expose one or two grams of a finely ground ..."
3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"Among the chief difficulties which confront the chemist in determining the moisture
content of sugar products by the ordinary methods of drying, ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The soil-moisture may be looked upon as a nutrient solution, ... The amount of
substances in solution varies with the moisture content and with the way ..."
5. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Containers for Shipment to Laboratory Samples in which the moisture content is
important should always be collected and shipped in moisture-tight containers ..."
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