"moisture equivalent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moisture equivalents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moisture equivalent (countable and uncountable, plural moisture equivalents)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-moisture_equivalent-en-noun-hwg54aRN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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