Humic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Humic is an adjective meaning Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
Meaning
Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
More Meanings
- A derivative of humic acid.
Example Sentences
A number of recent publications […] claim previous studies have overestimated the importance of the aromatic moieties present in humics […]
For waters with low concentrations of aquatic humics, the coagulant dose is controlled not by the humics but by the properties of the coagulant (pH and solubility for metal coagulants).
Freshwater chemists learned that rather than manipulate large volumes of water through a complex procedure in order to extract a few milligrams of humics or fulvics, a simple adsorption column of certain resins could collect […]
Word Forms
- humics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gley, humous, huminous, histic, hylic, fulvic.
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