Medium

On of the various materials used and creative methods involved in artistic production, media being the plural form (though this latter term is often used more specifically of the ...

medium

Music; General music

Performing forces employed in a certain musical work.

medium

Art history; General art history

In relation to art this term has two principal overlapping, even slightly confusing meanings. Painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, are all media of art in the sense of a ...

medium

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

1. In plant tissue culture, a term for the liquid or solidified formulation upon which plant cells, tissues or organs develop. 2. In general terms, it could also means a ...

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 ...