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Definition of Mesic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a meson. "The radii of the mesic orbits"

2. Adjective. Having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture. "Mesic habitats"

Definition of Mesic

1. Adjective. (physics) Of or pertaining to mesons; mesonic. ¹

2. Adjective. (biology of a habitat) Moist; (context: of an organism) adapted to a moist habitat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mesic

1. characterized by a medium supply of moisture [adj]

Medical Definition of Mesic

1. Conditioned by a temperate moist climate, neither xeric nor hydric, pertaining to conditions of medium moisture supply. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesic

meshweb weaver meshweb weavers meshwork meshworks meshy mesiad mesial mesial caries mesial displacement mesial occlusion

mesial plane mesial surface of tooth mesially mesian mesic (current term) mesically mesidine mesio- mesio-occlusal mesio-occlusion

mesiobuccal mesiobucco-occlusal mesiobuccopulpal mesiocervical mesioclusion mesiodens mesiodistal mesiodistally mesiodistocclusal

Literary usage of Mesic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"The early successional communities were termed a yellow-poplar black locust-flowering dogwood type on mesic sites, a yellow- poplar-northern red oak-black ..."

2. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"mesic graminoid, graminoid herbaceous, and low scrub graminoid ... mesic to moist sites support mesic graminoid communities dominated by bluejoint ..."

3. Potential Groundwater Contamination from Intentional and Nonintentional by Robert Pitt, Shirley Clark, Keith Parmer (1994)
"Following P applications, distribution was determined from depth increment (1 or 2 cm) sampling on a Warden silt loam (coarse-silty, mixed, mesic, ..."

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