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shrink-swell potential

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005798

The susceptibility for a soil's volume to change due to loss or gain in moisture content.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005798
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsosoil hydraulic properties; soil water content; soil structure
TranslationsSpanish: potencial de expansión-contracción
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005798",
  "term": "shrink-swell potential",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The susceptibility for a soil's volume to change due to loss or gain in moisture content.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "soil hydraulic properties",
    "soil water content",
    "soil structure"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "potencial de expansión-contracción"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/shrink-swell-potential/"
}

Record 5,798 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.