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MESIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture

Example:

mesic habitats

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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