humid environment

collocation in English

meaningsofhumidandenvironment

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humid
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mɪd/us
/ˈhjuː.mɪd/
(of air and weather conditions) containing extremely small drops of water in ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofhumidandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because of its warm and continuouslyhumidenvironment, epiphytes make up a conspicuous portion of this moist broadleaved evergreen forest.
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An immediate practical implication of these observations is that planting methods need not emphasize seed-to-soil contact, but should instead focus on creating ahumidenvironmentaround the seed.
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On the spinning floors, the spinning process required a warmhumidenvironment.
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As this geographical distribution would suggest, this pathogen requires ahumidenvironmentand warm habitat for pathogenicity.
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They prefer ahumidenvironmentand live about nine months in captivity.
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As such, they should be kept in ahumidenvironmentsuch as an aquarium with moist substrate (not gravel).
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Even so, most species require a somewhathumidenvironment, and secrete a considerable amount of water in their slime trail.
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In ahumidenvironment, frost formation will prevent heat flow and thus represents an engineering challenge.
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Sanitation was an important issue in their hot,humidenvironment, and the miners took steps to maintain hygiene throughout their confinement.
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He believed that isolation, hygiene, appropriate feeding, and a warm,humidenvironmentwere also necessary.
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When a kingsnake is preparing to shed, it needs ahumidenvironmentto help shed the old skin.
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It grows best with regular water in full sun in ahumidenvironment.
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A wethumidenvironmentincreases the severity of the disease due to the dispersal of conidia by rain splash.
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In a morehumidenvironment, fibrous crystals or acicular radial aggregates are formed.
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Given thehumidenvironmentdirectly over running water, mold had proven to be a problem.
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Huemulite can be synthesized by mixing stoichiometric proportions of vanadium pentoxide, magnesium carbonate, and sodium carbonate in cold water in ahumidenvironment.
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A warm, moist, andhumidenvironmentis required.
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Both men and women wore little clothing because of thehumidenvironment.
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While the region supports an abundance of plant life, it is not particularly fertile due to leaching caused by thehumidenvironment.
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The cloud forest is a cool andhumidenvironmentwith frequent canopy level cloud cover.
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