NITROGEN BALANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrogen balance mean? • NITROGEN BALANCE (noun)
The noun NITROGEN BALANCE has 1 sense:
1. the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)
Familiarity information: NITROGEN BALANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NITROGEN BALANCE (noun)
Meaning:
The balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nitrogen balance" is a kind of...):
balance (a state of equilibrium)
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