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MESIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture
Example:
mesic habitats
Classified under:
Similar:
mesophytic (being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment)
Antonym:
hydric (having or characterized by excessive moisture)
xeric (being deficient in moisture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to a meson
Example:
the radii of the mesic orbits
Synonyms:
mesic; mesonic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Pertainym:
meson (an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0)
Derivation:
meson (an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0)
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