dry weight
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdryandweight
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dry
adjective
uk/draɪ/us/draɪ/
used to describe something that has no water or other liquid in, on, or ...
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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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Bars represent the average concentration (indryweight) for groups of samples taken from fish at different time points after vaccination.
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The totaldryweightof the final harvest also increased with later spray dates.
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At yield peaks, sample fermentations were made to determine wet todryweightconversion ratios, up to eight rounds per trial on a plot basis.
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At heading or flowering, a 1 m row of plants (2 m in 1999/2000) was harvested fordryweightmeasurements.
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The seeds contained high contents of starch (74.3% of the total 1.57 g meandryweightof the cotyledon) and lipid (15.0%).
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Typically, 300 mg (dryweight) of each polysaccharide was used as a batch.
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Samples of different size classes of the most frequent groups were used to estimatedryweight.
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Changes indryweightof the different seed parts were analysed on the intermediate segment of the bottom fruit.
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The moisture content of primed seeds redried for 3 days was similar to that measured in untreated seeds (5.7 %,dryweightbasis).
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This ratio was then used to calculate thedryweightof food consumed by each larva.
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By comparing the wet weight of any given sample with the standard curve, its equivalentdryweightcould be calculated.
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At this time the first rapid increase in seeddryweightwas observed and seed moisture content was about 80%.
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Results are given in mg of phenolics and tannins per gdryweightfor each species.
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The different pattern of seeddryweightincrease in the two species may explain the observed discrepancy.
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We used this source because it is based on live weight rather thandryweightas in a number of other published regressions.
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Thedryweightof 100 seeds was also measured to determine individual seed weight.
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