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SPECIFIC YIELD

Specialty Definition: SPECIFIC YIELD

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Building & Civil Engineering

Yield of material from an area of land expressed as the weight for a unit of time. Source: European Union. (references)

Environment

The amount of water a unit volume of saturated permeable rock will yield when drained by gravity. (references)

Hydrologic

The ratio of the water which will drain freely from the material to the total volume of the aquifer formation. This value will always be less than the porosity. (references)

Mining

The ratio of the volume of water that a given mass of saturated rock or soil will yield by gravity to the volume of that mass. This ratio isstated as a percentage. CF:effective porosity. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SPECIFIC YIELD

Language Translations for "SPECIFIC YIELD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

dégradation spécifique (specific degradation). (various references)

   

German

  

spezifischer Abtrag (specific degradation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

degradazione unitaria (specific degradation), degradazione specifica (specific degradation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecificspay yielday

   

Spanish

  

degradación especifica (specific degradation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SPECIFIC YIELD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-f-i-i-i-l-p-s-y"

-4 letters: dicyclies, epicycles, filicides, specified.

-5 letters: cicelies, disciple, eclipsed, edifices, epicycle, filicide, pedicels, pedicles, silicide, silicify, specific, speedily.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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