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71starch equivalent — a number (nearly 2.4) expressing the amount of oxygen which a given weight of fat will require for its complete combustion as compared with the amount required by the same weight of starch …
72water equivalent — the product of the weight of an animal by its specific heat, it being also the number which represents the specific thermal capacity of an equal weight of water …
73gram equivalent — gram′ equiv alent n. chem. See under equivalent weight …
74gram equivalent — /græm əˈkwɪvələnt/ (say gram uh kwivuhluhnt) noun Chemistry Obsolete the equivalent weight of a substance expressed in grams …
75dram equivalent — noun : the weight of a smokeless shotgun powder that gives the same shot velocity and the same approximate gas pressure as a given weight in drams of black powder …
76vacuum weight — noun : a weight equivalent to the one obtained by weighing a body in a vacuum but actually computed from ordinary weighing by vacuum correction using the known volume of body and weights and the known density of the air …
77toxic equivalent — the amount of poison per kilogram of body weight necessary to kill an animal …
78avoirdupois weight — /ˌævwadjupwa ˈweɪt/ (say .avwahdyoohpwah wayt) noun a system of weights formerly used in most English speaking countries for goods other than gems, precious metals and drugs. 27.34 grains = 1 dram; 16 drams = 1 ounce; 16 ounces = 1 pound; 112… …
79moisture 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 …
80climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
