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drip lines

drip lines is the plural of drip line.

Meaning of drip line

Noun

drip line (plural drip lines)

  1. (nuclear physics) On the table of nuclides, the limit beyond which an atomic nucleus will immediately decay by emitting a proton or neutron.
    • Hydrogen-7 has so many excess neutrons that it lies beyond the neutron drip line, and will spit out neutrons until it becomes a particle-bound isotope.
  2. The area defined by the outermost circumference of a tree canopy from where water drips onto the ground.
    • Be particularly careful applying within the drip line of trees and other ornamental species.2010, instructions on bottle of Ortho Weed B Gon Max
  3. A pipe that has small holes at intervals, used to irrigate crops.

Questions about drip lines

What is drip lines the plural of?
Drip lines is the plural of drip line.

Words near drip lines in the dictionary

  1. drip feeds
  2. drip gas
  3. drip gases
  4. drip irrigation
  5. drip line
  6. drip lines
  7. drip loss
  8. drip marketing
  9. drip painting
  10. drip paintings
  11. drip point

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