Ear-to-row selection

One of the three parameters of focal adjustment. Selection determines which aspects of a scene are attended to and relates to the notion of a conceptual domain (1). For instance, ...

selection

Software; Productivity software

The portion of an on-screen file that has been marked as subject to user action.

selection

Archaeology; Human evolution

See natural selection.

selection

Agriculture; Rice science

1). In genetics, discrimination among individuals in the number of offspring contributed to the next generation with a defined target. 2). In plant breeding, the process that ...

watershed

Agriculture; Rice science

The total area from which a single river collects surface water runoff; the catchment or drainage area of a river system.

watershed degradation

Agriculture; Rice science

A marked deterioration in the hydrological behavior of a river system which reduces the potential of land and water by causing a water flow of inferior quality, quantity and ...

waterlogging

Agriculture; Rice science

Impeded drainage; or soil saturated with water but not necessarily with standing water.

waterlogged field

Agriculture; Rice science

A field which continuously has standing water and cannot be drained. The water level may not be deep.

water use efficiency

Agriculture; Rice science

1). Expressed in terms of dry matter or harvested portion of the crop produced per unit of water consumed. 2). Ratio of the water used for evapotranspiration, seepage, and ...

water table

Agriculture; Rice science

The upper surface of ground water and the level below it where the soil is saturated with water.

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is a wide-body commercial jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Officially announced in 2005, ...