Terms vs Echard - What's the difference?
terms | echard |
(dated) The portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation
* 1905 , ,
* 1951 , John Smith,
As nouns the difference between terms and echard
is that terms is while echard is (dated) the portion of water in a sample of soil that is not available to vegetation.echard
English
Noun
(en noun)The New Phytologist, page 238:
- The echard of a given habitat is experimentally ascertained by isolating a block of soil by impermeable plates, allowing it to dry slowly and determining its water-content at the time when the plants growing on it are wilting irrecoverably
Distribution of Tree Species in the Sudan in Relation to Rainfall and Soil Texture:
- Grasses sprout on the sands long before the early rains have restored the echard of adjoining clays and given a surplus as chresard which can initiate grass growth.