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panspot

panspot noun: an area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water.

Noun

panspot (plural panspots)

  1. (soil science) An area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water.
    • The landscape of a panspot range site is undulating and made up of not less than two unlike soils. Soils occupying the panspot have a dispersed surface, and rate of water intake is very low.1968, Frank Rauzi, Claude Lee Fly, E. J. Dyksterhuis, Water Intake on Midcontinental Rangelands as Influenced by Soil and Plant Cover
    • Two-acre watersheds are constructed on three representative research sites, each characteristic of one main soil-vegetation complex found in saline upland and panspot ranges.1971, United States, “ARS”, in Agricultural Research, volume 41, number 176, Service, page 51

Forms of panspot

pluralpanspots

Origin of panspot

From pan + spot.

Questions about panspot

What does panspot mean?
Panspot means an area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water.
What part of speech is panspot?
Panspot is a noun.
What is the plural of panspot?
The plural of panspot is panspots.

Words near panspot in the dictionary

  1. pansporoblast
  2. pansporoblastic
  3. pansporoblasts
  4. pansporocyst
  5. pansporocysts
  6. panspot
  7. panspots
  8. pansteatitis
  9. panstellar
  10. panstereorama
  11. panstereoramas

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