moisture (noun)
1moisture — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excess ▪ soil ▪ body ▪ surface … OF MOISTURE ▪ bead …
2moisture — ► NOUN ▪ water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface …
3moisture — noun /ˈmɔɪstʃɚ/ a) A moderate degree of wetness. . All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace burning heat. b) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid;liquid in small quantity. See Also: moist, moisten, moisturise,… …
4moisture scan — noun The use of a mechanical device (capacitance, infrared or nuclear) to detect the presence of moisture within an assembly …
5moisture — noun (U) small amounts of water that are present in the air, in a substance, or on a surface: Plants use their roots to absorb moisture from the soil …
6moisture — noun too much moisture is bad for the tiny seedlings Syn: wetness, wet, water, liquid, condensation, dew, steam, vapor, dampness, damp, humidity, clamminess, mugginess, dankness, wateriness …
7moisture equivalent — noun : the water content expressed as a percentage of the dry weight that a soil can retain against a centrifugal force one thousand times the force of gravity and used as a convenient laboratory measure of soil moisture conditions …
8moisture meter — noun : an instrument for determining the percentage of moisture in a material (as timber, flour, soil, or tobacco) commonly by measuring its electrical resistivity …
9moisture — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from moiste Date: 14th century liquid diffused or condensed in relatively small quantity …
10moisture — noun water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface. Derivatives moistureless adjective …
