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| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | The amount of water present in a material, e. g. wood or soil, generally expressed as a percentage of the material's oven-dry weight. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | The water content of a substance (a solid fuel) as measured under specified conditions being the: Dry Basis, which equals the weight of the wet sample minus the weight of a (bone) dry sample divided by the weight of the dry sample times 100 (to get percent); Wet Basis, which is equal to the weight of the wet sample minus the weight of the dry sample divided by the weight of the wet sample times 100. (references) |
Environment | 1.The amount of water lost from soil upon drying to a constant weight, expressed as the weight per unit of dry soil or as the volume of water per unit bulk volume of the soil. For a fully saturated medium, moisture content indicates the porosity. 2. Water equivalent of snow on the ground; an indicator of snowmelt flood potential. (references) |
Geography | The ratio, generally expressed as a percent of the vapour pressure of water present in the atmosphere to that required for saturation at the same temperature. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The percentage moisture content equals the weight of moisture divided by the weight of dry soil multiplied by 100. The moisture content of a coal or mineral sample consists of two portions, namely, the free or surface moisture which can be removed by exposure to air, and the inherent moisture which is entrapped in the fuel, and is removed by heating at 200 degrees F (93.3 degrees C). Syn:inherent moisture; water content. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MOISTURE CONTENT |
| English words defined with "MOISTURE CONTENT": tensiometer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MOISTURE CONTENT": equilibrium moisture content. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cow manure showing proper fiber and moisture content indicating balanced feed. Benton, Arkansas. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | District Conservationist Edward Romero demonstrates the use of a moisture meter as an aid in scheduling irrigations for grapes The system is based on gypsum blocks placed in the soil profile to monitor moisture content. Arriba County, New Mexico. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Standard technical specifications of each product group are set in term of appearance, moisture content, key ingredient content (%), and coli-form (negative). (references) | |
For example, attempts to use solid waste incineration as a cogeneration source failed because Thailand's municipal solid waste has too high a moisture content. (references) | ||
The company says this system deals effectively with the high moisture content of Thai municipal waste (about 55 percent of the waste by weight would be reduced to the organic pulp for composting) and the compacted bales would be either dry enough to be incinerated or stabilized enough for safe landfill. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | High moisture content and poor quality make local corn difficult to store. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "MOISTURE CONTENT": equilibrium moisture content. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
moisture content | 7 |
wood moisture content | 6 |
soil moisture content | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MOISTURE CONTENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 水分 . (various references) | |
Danish | vandindhold (moisture percentage, water content), relativ luftfugtighed (relative air humidity, relative humidity), relativ fugtighed (relative air humidity, relative humidity). (various references) | |
Dutch | vochtigheitsgraad (relative air humidity, relative humidity), vochtigheidsgehalte (moisture percentage, water content), vochtgehalte (condition, damp, dampness, moisture, moisture percentage, water content), relatieve vochtigheit van lucht (relative air humidity, relative humidity), relatieve vochtigheit (relative air humidity, relative humidity). (various references) | |
Finnish | suhteellinen kosteus (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), suhteellinen ilmankosteus (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), kosteuspitoisuus (moisture percentage, water content), kosteus (dampness, humidity, moisture). (various references) | |
French | teneur en humidité (moisture percentage), pression relative de vapeur, humidite relative de l'air, humidite relative, humidité (moisteness, moisture), HR,pour un rapport de mélange donné,l'humidité relative dépend de la température et de la pression atmosphérique,on l'exprime en pourcentage, etat hygrometrique, degre hygrometrique, degré d'humidité (moisture percentage), agent de modification (moisture percentage). (various references) | |
German | Feuchtigkeitsgehalt (moisture percentage, r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity, water content). (various references) | |
Greek | βαθμός υγρασίας (moisture percentage, water content), περιεκτικότητα σε ύδωρ (moisture percentage, water content), περιεκτικότητα σε νερό (moisture percentage, water content), περιεκτικότητα σε υγρασία (moisture percentage, water content), υγρασία του αέρος (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity). (various references) | |
Italian | umidit relativa dell'aria (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), umidit relativa (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), tenore di umidit (moisture percentage, water content), tenore d'acqua (moisture percentage, water content), tasso d'umidit (moisture percentage, water content), contenuto di umidit (moisture percentage, water content). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oisturemay ontentcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | teor de humidade (moisture percentage, water content), humidade relativa do ar (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), humidade relativa (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), grau higrométrico (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), estado higrométrico (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity). (various references) | |
Spanish | humedad relativa del aire (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), humedad relativa (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), contenido de humedad (moisture percentage, water content), índice de humedad (moisture percentage, water content). (various references) | |
Swedish | relativ luftfuktighet (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), relativ fuktighet (r.h., relative air humidity, relative humidity), fuktkvot (moisture percentage, water content), fukthalt (moisture content on wet basis, wet basis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: conterminous, countermines, econometrist, reconstitute. | |
-4 letters: ceremonious, constituent, contentious, coterminous, counterions, countermine, entrustment, intumescent, noncustomer, rottenstone, stonecutter, tonometries. | |
-5 letters: centrosome, centurions, conominees, consortium, constitute, contemners, contemnors, continuers, cornettist, counterion, countermen, ecotourism, ecotourist, encounters, increments, instrument, interments, inurements, mentioners, microtones, minestrone, nutriments, retentions, tenotomies, tonometers, uninterest. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
+5 letters: counterdemonstrating, counterdemonstration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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