Field capacity: The amount of water held in soil against the pull of gravity.
Filter: A device used to remove solids from a mixture or to separate materials. Materials are frequently separated from water using filters.
field capacity
The percentage of water remaining in the soil 2 or 3 days after the soil has been saturated and free drainage has practically ceased. The percentage may be expressed in terms of weight or volume. See also moisture tension, soil ...
field capacity (field moisture capacity) The moisture content of the soil in the field two or three days after having been saturated and after free drainage has practically ceased; ...
field capacity : The maximum amount of water that a soil can retain after excess water from saturated conditions has been drained by the force of gravity.
Field capacity The condition of a soil when it contains all the water retained after draining freely under gravity.
Plants are best able to uptake water from soils that are between the somewhat inexact moisture levels known as the Field Capacity and the Permanent Wilting Point of a soil.
 See also: Soil, Water, Organism, Condition, Table
  
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