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organosol

organosol noun: a soil comprising chiefly organic material.

Noun (1)

organosol (plural organosols)

  1. A soil comprising chiefly organic material.
    • On the other hand, in many parts of Kalimantan the climate is similar, and it also has large areas of yellow-red podsolic and organosol soils, which although having a rather low fertility, are suitable for some tree crops.1990, University of Michigan Southeast Asia Business Education and Resources Program, Southeast Asia Business, Issues 12-23, page 25
    • Organosols, alluvials, and Latosols are also prevalent particularly in the coastal swamp lands in Sumatra that have been developed as part of the transmigration program (Widjaja-Adhi et al 1996).2000, A. Clough, I. P. G. Widjaja-Adhi, J. Sri Adidingsih, A. Kosno, S. Fukai, “Characterizing soil phosphorus and potassium status in lowland and upland rice-cropping regions of Indonesia”, in T. P....
    Synonyms:
    histosol

Noun (2)

organosol (plural organosols)

  1. A sol (solid-in-liquid colloid) comprising solid particles in an organic continuous medium.
    • With a suitable undercoating, the top coat may consist of an organosol or plastisol which is free from modifying resins.1969, Harold A. Sarvetnick, Polyvinyl Chloride, page 207
    • By the use of metal carbonyls, which are highly soluble in many organic solvents, metal organosols are obtained by thermal decomposition of the metal carbonyls.1999, Yoshikazu Tanabe, Macromolecular Science and Engineering: New Aspects, page 126

Synonyms of organosol

Forms of organosol

pluralorganosols

Origin of organosol

From organo- (“organic”) + -sol (“soil”).

From organo- (“organic”) + sol (“colloid”).

Questions about organosol

What does organosol mean?
Organosol means a soil comprising chiefly organic material.
What part of speech is organosol?
Organosol is a noun.
What is the plural of organosol?
The plural of organosol is organosols.

Words near organosol in the dictionary

  1. organosilsesquioxane
  2. organosilsesquioxanes
  3. organosilver
  4. organosilyl
  5. organosodium
  6. organosol
  7. organosols
  8. organosomatic
  9. organospecific
  10. organospecificity
  11. organostannane

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