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Definition of Field capacity
1. Noun. The maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Capacity
Literary usage of Field capacity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature and Properties of Soils: A College Text of Edaphology by Thomas Lyttleton Lyon, Harry Oliver Buckman (1922)
"Perhaps most important of all is the marked discrepancy between the actual field
capacity and the arbitrary and artificial laboratory method. ..."
2. Dry-farming: A System of Agriculture for Countries Under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe (1911)
"field capacity of soils for capillary water The tremendously large number of soil
grains found in even a small amount of soil makes it possible for the soil ..."
3. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The capacity of a soil in this condition to hold water has been called by Dr.
Widtsoe the field capacity of soil for capillary water, but includes also ..."
4. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The capacity of a soil in this condition to hold water has been called by Dr.
Widtsoe the field capacity of soil for capillary water, but includes also ..."
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