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Definition of Moisture

1. Noun. Wetness caused by water. "Drops of wet gleamed on the window"

Definition of Moisture

1. n. A moderate degree of wetness.

Definition of Moisture

1. Noun. A moderate degree of wetness. --Francis Bacon. ¹

2. Noun. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid;liquid in small quantity. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) Skin moisture noted as: dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moisture

1. condensed or diffused liquid [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moisture

Literary usage of Moisture

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

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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