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单词 inceptisol
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Definition of inceptisol in English:

inceptisol

nounɪnˈsɛptɪsɒlinˈseptiˌsôl
Soil Science
  • A soil of an order comprising freely draining soils in which the formation of distinct horizons is not far advanced, such as brown earth.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this paper, nearly 700 in situ fossil trees are described from 13 entisol or inceptisol horizons in the mid-Tournaisian Albert Formation at Norton, near Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.
    • You can see the differentiation of layers in an inceptisol formed on colluvium in West Virginia on the right.
    • The diversity of inceptisols creates problems with attempts to generalize their geographic distribution.
    • Young soils of moderate to high fertility (mollisols, inceptisols, and entisols) occupy about 15 per cent of the total land area.
    • These palaeosols would be classified as entisols and inceptisols using modern soil taxonomy nomenclature, soils typical of very immature fluvial exposure surfaces.

Origin

1960s: from Latin inceptum 'beginning' (from the verb incipere) + -sol.

 
 

Definition of inceptisol in US English:

inceptisol

nouninˈseptiˌsôl
Soil Science
  • A soil of an order comprising freely draining soils in which the formation of distinct horizons is not far advanced, such as brown earth.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These palaeosols would be classified as entisols and inceptisols using modern soil taxonomy nomenclature, soils typical of very immature fluvial exposure surfaces.
    • You can see the differentiation of layers in an inceptisol formed on colluvium in West Virginia on the right.
    • Young soils of moderate to high fertility (mollisols, inceptisols, and entisols) occupy about 15 per cent of the total land area.
    • The diversity of inceptisols creates problems with attempts to generalize their geographic distribution.
    • In this paper, nearly 700 in situ fossil trees are described from 13 entisol or inceptisol horizons in the mid-Tournaisian Albert Formation at Norton, near Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.

Origin

1960s: from Latin inceptum ‘beginning’ (from the verb incipere) + -sol.

 
 
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