Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: hu-mic
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).

noun

A derivative of humic acid.

Example Sentences

"For waters with low concentrations of aquatic humics, the coagulant dose is controlled not by the humics but by the properties of the coagulant (pH and solubility for metal coagulants)."
"A number of recent publications […] claim previous studies have overestimated the importance of the aromatic moieties present in humics […]"
"Freshwater chemists learned that rather than manipulate large volumes of water through a complex procedure in order to extract a few milligrams of humics or fulvics, a simple adsorption column of certain resins could collect […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin humusbor. English humus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English humic From humus + -ic.

Inflected Forms

humics (plural)

Derived Forms

ferrohumic humate isohumic nitrohumic

Phrases

humic acid

Questions

What does humic mean?: Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
Where does humic come from?: Etymology tree Latin humusbor. English humus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English humic From humus + -ic.

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