lysimetric

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adjective

Carried out by means of a lysimeter.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivelysimetric (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCarried out by means of a lysimeter.

    Various methods of lysimetric investigation have been proposed and used, all of them possessing many points of value.

    1894 January 28, Harvey W. Wiley, “The waste and conservation of plant food”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 16, number 1, page 6
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    Therefore, their water table should be maintained at the same level as in the surrounding peat deposit, i.e. lysimetric evaporimeters must be used, for instance the GGI B-1000 type.

    1968, Vladimir Vasilʹevich Romanov, Evaporation from Bogs in the European Territory of the USSR, page 63

    Lysimetric experiments represent one of the relatively precise methods for arriving at the balance of important biogenic elements in the soil — plant system.

    2012, V. Vancura, Soil Microbial Associations: Control of Structures and Functions
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