| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Geography | Rate of evaporation under existing atmospheric conditions from a surface of water that is chemically pure and has the temperature of surrounding atmosphere. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Evaporativity (potential rate of evaporation) | Geology | The rate of evaporation under the existing atmospheric conditions from a surface of water that is chemically pure and has the temperature of the atmosphere. (Meinzer, O.E., 1923, Outline of ground-water hydrology, with definitions: U.S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 494, p. 13.). (references) | |
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