baule
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈbȯl 
ˈbōl
plural -s
: the theoretical amount of nitrogen or other essential mineral constituent necessary to produce one-half of the maximum possible yield of a crop
Baule
2 of 2noun (2)
Ba·u·le
¦bau̇-¦lā
plural Baule or Baules
1
: a people of the Ivory Coast region of West Africa linguistically related to Ashanti and other peoples eastward and renowned for their carved statuary in wood
2
: a member of the Baule people
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
after Bernhard Baule †1976 German mathematician
Note: The baule unit was defined by the mathematician Bernhard Baule (1891-1976, born in Münden, Hannover, resident in Graz, Austria, for much of his life) in the article "Zu Mitscherlichs Gesetz der physiologische Beziehungen," Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher, Band 51 (1918), pp. 363-85. The unit was based on an equation developed by the German agronomist Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich (1874-1956).