English

Adjective

lysimetric ‎(not comparable)

1. Carried out by means of a lysimeter.
   • 1894 January 1, Harvey W. Wiley, “The waste and conservation of plant food”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 16, number 1, page 6:

     Various methods of lysimetric investigation have been proposed and used, all of them possessing many points of value.

   • 1968, Vladimir Vasilʹevich Romanov, Evaporation from Bogs in the European Territory of the USSR, page 63:

     Therefore, their water table should be maintained at the same level as in the surrounding peat deposit, i.e. lysimetric evaporimeters must be used, for instance the GGI B-1000 type.

   • 2012, V. Vancura, Soil Microbial Associations: Control of Structures and Functions:

     Lysimetric experiments represent one of the relatively precise methods for arriving at the balance of important biogenic elements in the soil — plant system.