单词 | humification |
释义 | > as lemmashumifiˈcation humifiˈcation n.1 moistening. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun] > action or process of making danking?a1400 rigation1631 humification1651 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋229 To refresh the thirst a little by the dregs of humification. humifiˈcation humifiˈcation n.2 the process by which plant remains are converted into humus; the state of being humified that results. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > humus > formation of humus humification1897 1897 Minnesota Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No. 53. 13 Analyses were made of both the soil, and the material used for humus production. After the humification process had been carried on for a year the material was weighed and analyzed. 1926 [see sense a]. 1958 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past (ed. 4) iii. 64 A change in the rate of peat-growth from a slow one (allowing humification to begin in the layers near the surface), [etc.]. 1968 R. G. West Pleistocene Geol. & Biol. iv. 54 The amount of humification may be measured in the field by adding a little sediment to a few ml of dilute KOH. < as lemmas |
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